This article doesn't quite land for me. It could perhaps use an introductory paragraph explaining who it's for / what the goal is. For example, are we trying to

This article doesn't quite land for me. It could perhaps use an introductory paragraph explaining who it's for / what the goal is. For example, are we trying to build cross-platform software, with a single build system? > If you want to develop C or C++ on Windows, your options get more complicated. This is a weird thing to say. If you want to build software for Windows -- especially so in C or C++! -- your choice is simplified. The best way to build software for Windows is to use Windows tooling. MSVC is excellent at compiling standard portable C and C++ code to a native windows executable. If you write portable code, it will compile with any of the major compiler suites, for any of the platforms they (fully) support.