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    <div class="title">DDS - The Simplest</div>
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      <a href="https://github.com/vector-of-bool/dds/releases">Releases & Downloads</a>
      <a href="docs/">Documentation</a>
      <a href="https://github.com/vector-of-bool/dds">Development</a>
      <a href="https://github.com/vector-of-bool/dds/issues">Issues</a>
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      <div class="left">DDS</div>
      <div class="right">Tooling for a new decade</div>
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    <div>What is DDS?</div>
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      DDS is a new build, test, and packaging tool for native C and C++
      libraries and applications, with a focus on simplicity, speed, and
      integratability.
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    <div>What makes DDS <strong>different</strong>?</div>
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      <em>Convention over configuration</em>.
      <br><br>
      Traditional build tools have been built to cede all control to their
      users. While this may sound appealing, it leads to rampant ecosystem
      fragmentation that impedes the ability for us to <em>compose</em> our
      libraries and tools.
      <br><br>
      DDS's approach is to trade this flexibility for something sorely lacking
      in the C and C++ build and distribution ecosystem: <em>Simplicity</em>.
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    <div>Does DDS replace [XYZ] build tool?</div>
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      While DDS <em>is</em> a build tool, it is not meant as a full replacement
      for all use cases of other build tools (e.g. CMake and Meson).
      <br><br>
      For many use cases, DDS will serve as a possible replacement for more
      flexible build systems, especially when the build itself is far simpler
      than is warranted by the flexibility offered by those tools.
      <br><br>
      Additionally, DDS is built to <em>augment</em> other build tools. The
      output from DDS can be fed into other build and packaging systems.
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    <div>Does DDS replace [XYZ] packaging tool?</div>
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      Yes and no.
      <br><br>
      DDS supports dependency resolution, procurement, and building, much like
      many other tools, but has a few important differences of opinion. Refer
      to the documentation for more information.
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    <div>Is DDS "production ready"?</div>
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      At the time of writing, DDS is still in its alpha stages, is missing
      several end-goal features, and will have several breaking changes before
      its first "1.0" release.
      <br><br>
      Even then, DDS is ready to be used for experiments, hobby projects, and
      in any place that doesn't require stability.
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    <div>Is DDS free?</div>
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      Yes! DDS and its source code are available free of charge.
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    <div>Is DDS open source?</div>
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      Yes!
      <br><br>
      The main DDS codebase is licensed under the
      <em>Mozilla Public License Version 2.0</em>, although it is built upon
      many components variously licensed as MIT, BSD, Boost, and public domain.
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    <div>What platforms are supported?</div>
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      DDS is built, tested, distributed, and supported on Windows, macOS,
      Linux, and FreeBSD.
      <br><br>
      The Microsoft Visual C++, GNU GCC, LLVM/Clang, and AppleClang compilers
      are all supported.
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    <div>Is DDS centralized?</div>
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      No / "not yet"
      <br><br>
      DDS's package procurement is in very early stages, and there is no
      centralized repository of packages available for download.
      <br><br>
      DDS maintains a local catalog database that contain instructions it can
      use to obtain packages from the internet. At the moment, this involves
      cloning a Git repository, but there are plans to support catalog updates
      and source distributions delivered over HTTP(S) in the future. This
      includes the ability to host private package repositories.
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