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by com2kid 4378 days ago
> And no, make files and .sln files are just not the same. They're both a part of the build system, but that's about it. I'm not even going to argue a point here, because it just fills me with rage to think about that god-forsaken fragile, XML setup that is .sln.

SLN files are not really part of the MSBuild system at all, nor are they XML. They seem to exist solely for the IDE's benefit!

Indeed I've used plenty of projects that use MSBuild but no SLN files.

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My mistake, I was confusing .vbproj/.csproj-files with .sln files.