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by chris_money202 106 days ago
It definitely was but that’s the issue with make, it allows for that sloppyness to enter the build system much easier. Cmake gives some rigidity and reuse to shield the casual dev from mucking up the build definition. You can probably do same things with make and cmake, it’s like a C vs C++ argument. And what I say to that is usually just do what you prefer to use and maintain