title: What is a native build environment?
body: <p>I am simply reading information off the interwebs, currently the <a href="http://www.cmake.org/cmake/project/about.html" rel="nofollow">cmake about page</a>, and I need the information to fill in the gaps, it helps to see the big picture.</p>
  
  <p>Surely the answer is straightforward, I hope. What is a native build environment?</p>
  
  <p>Context: I need to know <strong>how</strong> to build software on my machine (CodeBlocks, etc), why I need to do this, the advantages of doing this, etc. But first, I need to know every piece of jargon I come across, and I could not find any explanations about exactly what a "Native build environment" is, although I can speculate to some degree.</p>