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Pro Readable build definitions
User-friendly, non-Turing complete DSL (http://mesonbuild.com/Tutorial.html).
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Cons
Con No globbing, files must be explicitly added to a list in the meson build script to be processed
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Meson
Recommended 2 years ago
This has been one of the easiest way to build cross-platform C/C++ builds, and it actually works really well! It's very easy to get started and it's actually a very sane system compared to the mess that was CMake. Maybe others have found issues, but from my side, I haven't found anything that wou...
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Multi-platformPro
Readable build definitionsPro
Fast and full _correct_ incremental buildsPro
A lot of supported languagesPro
Simple to get started withPro
out-of-tree buildMeson
Recommended 4 years ago
Not only Meson saved me time compared to CMake, which I have used a lot. It gives me clearer separation, a better workflow, readable options and build files, more targets like sanitizers and precompiled headers and Unity builds out of the box. Also, mixing with other languages is way easier since Meson is...