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cassepipe on Feb 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zig build system internals

That's also what Xmake chose to do. It uses lua for its build scripts. It also claims to be just as fast as cmake + ninja.

gavinray on Feb 26, 2022 [–]

Xmake is one of the most pleasant build systems I have ever used, way easier than CMake or Meson and the author of it is incredibly helpful.

cassepipe on Feb 26, 2022 | [–]

Same feeling here. Which is why I aggressively promote it whenever I have the chance to do so. Would love to see it expand more in the professional world.

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