A (*cough*) short (*cough*) history of C++ build systems
I will confess, this title is dishonest. I don’t intend to make a history of C++ build systems, but complain about the state of the most used build system – one that’s portable but is close to impossible to use on Windows, for example, and one that’s too inconsistent to be properly used in your projects. People, however, jumped on the cmake train, although most of us are not enjoying the ride.