I agree, and recommend Biomake: https://github.com/evoldoers/biomake https://github.com/evoldoers/biomake It uses the declarative programming language Prolog

I agree, and recommend Biomake: https://github.com/evoldoers/biomake https://github.com/evoldoers/biomake It uses the declarative programming language Prolog to write flexible rules. A logic programming language like Prolog is very well suited for expressing rule-based dependencies.