Another Neat Tool
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A Java-based software tool for automating software build processes. Another Neat Tool (ANT) is similar to MAKE as it also has tasks and defines dependencies between tasks.
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Apache Ant (acronym for another neat tool) is a Java-based build tool. Ant is similar to MAKE as it also has tasks and defines dependencies between tasks. The difference is that instead of implementing build tasks using platform-specific shell commands, ANT uses cross-platform Java classes.
