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Autoconf vs Bazel

A side-by-side look at Autoconf and Bazel. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Autoconf

Autoconf

Development

Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. It can adapt the software to many kinds of Unix-like systems without manual user intervention.

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Bazel

Bazel

Development

Bazel is an open-source build and test tool similar to Make, Maven, or Gradle. It is optimized for building large, multi-language software projects efficiently by incrementally building only what has changed.

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