Comment on Ask HN: Any Good Make Alternatives?Comments−bediger40004yWhy have all the previous Make alternatives failed to get traction?I mean, ant, gradle, maven, imake, there's probably others... all have had their moment as the "It Girl" of builds, and then seemed to wither away. What's up with that?−icedchai4yMaven is widely used with Java projects. It was never a general purpose make alternative.−duped4yCMake + ninja is more popular in new projects ime due to the sheer speed improvement over make.
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Why have all the previous Make alternatives failed to get traction?
I mean, ant, gradle, maven, imake, there's probably others... all have had their moment as the "It Girl" of builds, and then seemed to wither away. What's up with that?
Maven is widely used with Java projects. It was never a general purpose make alternative.
CMake + ninja is more popular in new projects ime due to the sheer speed improvement over make.