amalgamation

Why does SQLite provide amalgamations of their code?

Every time I download SQLite, I come across the fact that they provide several different versions of their source code, which is something I've actually never seen any other project do. And more so they provide Amalgamations of Source, that kind of merge all their files into just 3 files. What's the reason for this? Is it just compilatio...

Simple and efficient distribution of C++/Boost source code (amalgamation)

Hello: My job mostly consists of engineering analysis, but I find myself distributing code more and more frequently among my colleagues. A big pain is that not every user is proficient in the intricacies of compiling source code, and I cannot distribute executables. I've been working with C++ using Boost, and the problem is that I cann...