Native Makefile alternative for windows

Question

What is a good alternative to Makefile on windows?

I'm compiling a collection of c++ files (.cpp's and .h's) using cl.exe.

I'd rather not use Makefile, as I want to minimise the amount of 3rd party utilities people will need to build my application.

Drew J. Sonne.

Answer 1

VisualStudio comes with nmake which would not require any 3rd party tools.