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0 pointshigh_na_euv8mo ago0 comments

>The fact you (probably) never had to manipulate it directly just mean your higher level work never brought you deep enough where it starts to be a problem.

Did you just agree with me that other prog. ecosystems solved the building system challenge?

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trinix9128mo ago

They solved it by building on top of what C (or LLVM, to be precise) does, not by avoiding or replacing it.

What should C do to solve it? Add another layer of abstraction on top of it? CMake does that and people complain about the extra complexity.

high_na_euvOP8mo ago

Bro, cmake is garbage. Having to debug cmske scripts is pain

Also how e.g dotnet builds on top of c or llvm?

adev_8mo ago

> Did you just agree with me that other prog. ecosystems solved the building system challenge?

Putting the crap is a box with a user friendly handle on it to make it look 'friendlier' is never 'solving a problem'.

It is barely hiding the dust under the carpet.

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