> If turing-completeness is necessary, why should there even exist a build system independent from a programming language now? It shouldn’t. The only issue is

> If turing-completeness is necessary, why should there even exist a build system independent from a programming language now? It shouldn’t. The only issue is that most folks aren’t using powerful enough languages. As you note, using C++ as a scripting language would be pretty crazy. So don’t do that!