Build systems are awesome, terrifying – and unloved. They are used by every developer around the world, but are rarely the object of study. In this paper, we offer a systematic, and executable, framework for developing and comparing build systems, viewing them as related points in a landscape rather than as isolated phenomena. By teasing apart existing build systems, we can recombine their components, allowing us to prototype new build systems with desired properties.

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构建系统点菜：理论与实践

构建系统很棒，很可怕——而且不受欢迎。它们被世界各地的每个开发人员使用，但很少成为研究对象。在本文中，我们提供了一个系统的、可执行的框架，用于开发和比较构建系统，将它们视为景观中的相关点，而不是孤立的现象。通过梳理现有的构建系统，我们可以重新组合它们的组件，从而使我们能够对具有所需属性的新构建系统进行原型设计。