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Autoconf vs LiveScript

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

LiveScript

Development

LiveScript is a programming language that transpiles to JavaScript. It has a Python-inspired syntax and aims to be a friendlier, faster alternative to JavaScript while still being highly interoperable.

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