CMake vs Make - A Real Life Comparison (With Actual Code)

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Ай бұрын

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What are CMake & Make like to use? And which one should you choose? To help you decide, Hans has pitted them head to head with real code. Watch, as he builds the same code using both build systems, and endeavours to make both do the same thing...
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@ElliotdeVries Ай бұрын

Thanks, very helpful. I'm new to this area and have been concentrating on learning CMake, but want to know more about how the (non-meta) build systems work as well. Looking forward to other comparisons.

@default2043 Ай бұрын

They always say one needs to see something worse to start to appreciate what they have. Make seems really difficult and cryptic. Can you please make a video and talk about what generator expressions are and if we can use them for both single generator systems and multi-generator systems as well?

@KeaSigmaDelta Ай бұрын

I can consider making a video about generator expressions. They can be used for both single and multi-config generators. I don't particularly like generator expressions, because they're harder to reason about than the basic build script. They don't work with if/else, because the value in the generator only exists at generation time.

@default2043 Ай бұрын

@@KeaSigmaDelta I can totally understand that, but it does seem like they work better for environments such as Visual Studio and others that are multi-config and I have no choice but to learn about them. Really frustrating.

@KeaSigmaDelta Ай бұрын

@@default2043 Yes, they're unavoidable for multi-config generators with anything that is different on a per-config basis.

@javierrivas6604 Ай бұрын

cmake looks less complcated than makefile, but as I use amigaos4 to buildmy little amigaos4 stuff I'm used to makefile, but maybe for laarge projects it can be a PITA.

@KeaSigmaDelta Ай бұрын

Sadly, AmigaOS 4's CMake port is rather old, so it's not usable for newer CMake scripts. GNU Make is more complicated, but once you've got a good template, then you can usually get it up and running relatively quickly. I have no trouble using it for large projects, because adding an extra source file to an existing makefile is very easy.