title: Autotools vs CMake for both Windows and Linux compilation
body: <p>I have been looking for pros &amp; cons of Autotools and CMake. But I would like to know opinions from people having used one (or both) of these tools for projects.</p>
  
  <p>I used Autotools very basically a year ago and I know that one of the good points is that it relies on shell scripting, thus it does not need to be installed to be run and uses portable shell scripting. But it looks like it is too unix oriented, and it would not be possible to run the configure file on Windows.</p>
  
  <p>I have now to choose a build system tool for <a href="https://github.com/Julio-Guerra/MSC-Editor" rel="noreferrer">an open source project</a> that will have to be compiled for at least Linux &amp; Windows. It is written in C++, and uses a Qt GUI front-end, the rest of it is "generic".</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for you help.</p>