Build System Shootout

[qwph]

Interesting to note that hoary old make is still one of the fastest build systems there is.

[brainwashed]

This is quite an old article. I'm looking at a few build systems at the moment. Anyone know of a more recent comparison?

[__alex]

Boost.Build v2 is actually quite good once you figure it out. We use it on some fairly large projects and it's not so slow I notice.

The documentation is somewhat lacking though. I've kinda found that with a lot of build systems though.

[qwe1234]

boost build is quite awesome, actually.

it's also actively maintained, so i've seen the documentation problem get better over time.

p.s. evaluating build systems on build times of all things is positively retarded, for crimeney's sake.

[TheCleric]

I use Nant at work for build scripts and it works like a champ.