Rake

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 Make build system implemented in Ruby

 Author:    Jim Weirich
 Homepage:  http://rake.rubyforge.org/
 Family:    UnixMke?
 Platform:  Ruby
 License:   MIT License

Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?)
Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
Rake supports rule patterns to synthesize implicit tasks.
Flexible FileLists? that act like arrays but know about manipulating file names and paths.
A library of prepackaged tasks to make building rakefiles easier. For example, tasks for building tarballs and publishing to FTP or SSH sites. (Formerly tasks for building RDoc and Gems were included in rake but they're now available in RDoc and RubyGems? respectively.)
Supports parallel execution of tasks.