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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by jandrewrogers on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:54PM (#19611345)
I can't think of a context in which I've used Meson where it ever felt not lightweight. Python is already installed in every system and ninja is quite small.
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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by flohofwoe on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @05:08AM (#19612946)
Python isn't installed on Windows, the pre-installed python version on macOS is stuck at 2.7.10.

ninja isn't installed on macOS and Windows, and both systems require to first install a package manager before installing ninja, or compile ninja from scratch.

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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by jcelerier on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:42AM (#19613320)
ninja on windows just requires you to download ninja.exe and put it in your path
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Re:Show HN: Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility by nickez on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:59AM (#19613388)
python and ninja are also bundled in the installer for meson.
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