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0 pointsmianos7y ago0 comments

There is a python one, waf, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waf It is awesome but not very popular. I wish it was more popular. As a python and C++ developer the build files and up so much clearer than anything else. I write and use cmake files every day and I don't like it at all.

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ur-whale7y ago

Interesting, thanks for that.

Haven't dug into it yet to say thumbs up or down, but the fact that it uses a full-fledged generic programming language instead of a DSL is a promising start.

Here's a waf "makefile":

https://gitlab.com/ita1024/waf/blob/master/demos/c++/wscript

slavik817y ago

Have you tried doing anything complex? It's been a long time since I last used Waf, but I found it very difficult to extend.

mianosOP7y ago

It has been a while but I wrote an ARM and Atmel cross build system for Arduino boards. It was hard keeping compatibility with the IDE environment but the result worked and was not half as ugly as a cmake setup.

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