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0 points0xFFC8y ago0 comments

Isn't all of these arguments applicable to CMake?

Considering GNU Make is not itself available in Windows and you should install MinGW for getting make.

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fwsgonzo8y ago· 4 in thread

Windows is a pain to program on, and MinGW alleviates that somewhat. I do use CMake though, but I still want to use "normal" clang, so I have to generate a unix makefile. I don't want to maintain two sets of build systems.

stinos8y ago

Windows is a pain to program on,

It's really not, if you know how to do it. But that goes for any OS out there. I mean, put a seasoned visual-studio-on-windows-only dev in front of a linux box and tell him to set up the build of a non-trivial application and watch what happens. Chances are pretty high the answer is 'linux is a pain to program on' :]

but I still want to use "normal" clang, so I have to generate a unix makefile

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/03/07/use-any-c... it's still relatively young but seems to work quite ok

bnolsen8y ago

windows not being able to mix and match object files compiled in different ways is really disastrous. On linux and windows I always work in release mode. If I have problems on the linux side I can target compile 1 or 2 object files debug, relink, run and get stack traces if I need. That's all totally independent of programming environment.

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pjmlp8y ago

Only for UNIX devs that don't want to learn any other way.

I am programming Windows since version 3.0, have experience across multiple types of operating systems, had a phase of my life of being a GNU/Linux zealot and where I like to spend my time is on Windows.

I live on my IDEs and there is hardly a CLI feature that can't be better done within a REPL environment.

maccard8y ago

You wouldn't have to maintain two sets of build systems. You write one cmake file, and it generates unix makefiles or visual studio projects. As a windows developer, I groan whenever I find a makefile..

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