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by com2kid 4378 days ago
MSBuild files are actually far more powerful than what you just see from within Visual Studio! There is a bunch of cool stuff you can do with them (such as conditionals) that you do not have access to from within the VS IDE.

The .NET MicroFramework actually is an example of a project that uses MSBuild files for all sorts of crazy stuff, like supporting tons of different compilers (including GCC!).

Funny enough, it actually is possible to make VS support other compilers as well! (I've seen it done, honest!)

Editing them is no more painful than editing any other form of XML. (Err, not sure which way that is arguing!)