People generally want to use what the community wants them to use. With C and C++, that is certainly make and shell scripts. With Java, that is Maven (or was wh

People generally want to use what the community wants them to use. With C and C++, that is certainly make and shell scripts. With Java, that is Maven (or was when I was last there :). With Ruby, that is rake. With Python, that is distutils. With JavaScript, that is npm. There are benefits when the entire community standardizes on something. I know I will frequently pass looking at a Python module that won't easily fit into my build system, which, conveniently, is the build system mostPython scripts use. The fact that Cappuccino pre-dated the de facto standard should not be held against them.