Exactly, CMake getting more traction like this should be good. I know quite some devs who're like CMake? Why don't you just use good old Makefiles? and then struggle with it's syntax and/or fail to provide working Windows or even Mac builds of their software simply because they stick with plain makefiles. (don't get me wrong, they work fine, just not so much for cross-platform projects)

The alternative is not plain Makefiles, but Autotools: https://autotools.io/index.html

AH ! That was a nice joke, have my upvote. :)

For the curious: http://voices.canonical.com/jussi.pakkanen/2011/09/13/autoto... (tldr: autotools won't work on windows, you need a shell emulator, like cygwin, and gcc)

Premake is nice, also. But CMakes tend to work better for a big project.

> a shell emulator, like cygwin

Your joke is much better. Have an upvote ;-)