> why are there so many build systems? Perhaps because the incumbent/popular build systems are far from being the best solution for the job, particularly when

> why are there so many build systems? Perhaps because the incumbent/popular build systems are far from being the best solution for the job, particularly when compared with build systems available for other technologies. For instance, in C and C++ land the incumbents are still hand-written Makefiles, autotools, or cmake, which leave much to be desired.