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Everything about SCons
Software development tool
SCons is a software development tool that analyzes source code dependencies and operating system adaptation requirements from a software project description and generates final binary executables for installation on the target operating system platform. Its function is similar to the more popular GNU build system. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SConsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Liber ecclesie de SconThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Building software with SConsCited 18 times
- Go sideways: CMakeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: GYP (software)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb third-person singular simple present indicative of scon
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Liber ecclesie de SconScone Abbey · 1843
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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