Autotools

Do the expert programmers at /prog/ use the GNU Autotools?

Also, are the Autotools really the de facto tools to create software packages?

>>16
it still doesn't offer any way to make a simple file that says the equivalent of "here's some C files, you know what to do with them".
Jam:
Main theprogram : file1.c file2.c file3.c ;
BoostJam:
exe theprogram : file1.c file2.c file3.c ;