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Cmake rant
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cmake_rant.txt
> im going to get blackout drunk this weekend and drop in a generic makefile for this project
> when you invoke cmake it spends like a full minute resolving dependencies
> because it literally scans the source
> cmake encourages you to do things like 'include "myheader.h"' instead of giving the full path to myheader.h
> which is dumb for 2 reasons
> 1: when i look at that line i have no idea where that file is unless i go looking for it
> 2: you literally cant have to files by the same name even if theyre 20 directories apart
> cmake is ~~smart~~ and will find the file for u
> to save you a few keystrokes the literal one time you ever write that include line
> and all the syntax is overly complex and over engineered
> instead of `USE_TESTING=1` you write `option (USE_TESTING "USE_TESTING" ON)`
> and gets 10x worse for anything harder than just setting a fucking variable
> i could rant about cmake all day
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