22 Jul
2017
22 Jul
'17
11:36 p.m.
fwiw, cmake and b2 have different architecture as one is a build system the other is a generator for build systems.
I wonder how many of the people who repeat this mantra understand either Boost.Build or CMake.
CMake does not generate build _systems_, it generates build _scripts_.
generated project files are a bit more than *build scripts*, as integration into IDEs like msvc, xcode or qtcreator provide a UX similar to native project files (debuggers / profilers / static analysis etc).