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I tried to see what was xmake's value proposition, but even xmake's site fails to present anything. Writing something in Lua is far from a compelling reason to switch a build system.
Why would anyone use xmake over cmake?
@lysdexic @leviosa It's always the same with "new" build systems: people think that a new language will make things much easier. But for complex build systems, they then realize how difficult such systems are, which cannot be hidden.
And about the syntax: that's not important.