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+============================
+Differences from other tools
+============================
+
+``pep517.build``
+----------------
+
+build implements a CLI tailored to end users.
+
+``pep517.build`` contained a proof-of-concept of a :pep:`517`
+frontend. It *"implement[ed] essentially the simplest possible frontend
+tool, to exercise and illustrate how the core functionality can be
+used"*. It has since been `deprecated and is scheduled for removal`_.
+
+``setup.py sdist bdist_wheel``
+------------------------------
+
+build is roughly the equivalent of ``setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`` but
+with :pep:`517` support, allowing use with projects that don't use setuptools.
+
+.. _deprecated and is scheduled for removal: https://github.com/pypa/pep517/pull/83
+
+Custom Behaviors
+----------------
+
+Fallback Backend
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+As recommended in :pep:`517`, if no backend is specified, ``build`` will
+fallback to ``setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__``.