I assume it’s because each one uses a different compiler. What are the advantages / disadvantages of each? Every time I go to download a new version I wonder if I’m picking the wrong one. If there is no difference between the 2, then why is there an option…?
Thanks! I’m driving myself crazy thinking about it.
One is compiled with Scons and the other with cmake. That is just the build system, it’s the same (MSVC) compiler. No visible difference for end users.
There shouldn’t be any runtime differences between CMake/SCons (though there are some minor differences in practice, CMake will load blend files slightly faster for eg.).
We’re looking to drop SCons eventually. Maintaining multiple build-systems is just overhead we don’t need.