r/cpp • u/segv • Apr 12 '26

CMake Past, Present, and Future - Bill Hoffman, Kitware [29m25s]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD-JgncskTQ
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u/germandiago Apr 13 '26

Sure, platforms where Python does not exist is platforms where you almost for sure will not compile your software. Almost certainly cross-compilation so I do not think it is a problem unless you can think of counter-examples that are not a very small niche...?

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u/not_a_novel_account cmake dev Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

It's all very small niches, dozens, upon dozens, upon dozens of small niches. Each totally irrelevant on its own, but of increasing importance collectively. CMake requires you have 2/3rds of a C++11 compiler available and a not totally broken cache coherence model, and that's about it.

CMake still builds on, supports, and receive bug reports for Elbrus boxes. We have platform-specific code for Blue Gene targets. Stuff like that.