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Autoconf vs Gradle

A side-by-side look at Autoconf and Gradle. 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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Gradle

Gradle

Development

Gradle is an open-source build automation tool focused on flexibility and performance. It builds upon features of Apache Ant and Apache Maven and introduces a Groovy-based domain-specific language instead of XML form to declare the project configuration.

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