Totally agreed about autotools. It's fine (if very slow) when it works, when it doesn't work right away it's a massive pain. Sometimes I need to build C code f

Totally agreed about autotools. It's fine (if very slow) when it works, when it doesn't work right away it's a massive pain. Sometimes I need to build C code for iOS and Android. Libraries with a nice clean setup like the author of this article describes are great. Libraries that use autotools are more trouble than they're worth.