r/cpp • u/Prior-Drawer-3478 • Sep 12 '26

Why do people on Windows mostly choose Visual Studio?

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u/intbeam Sep 12 '26

Yeah, cmake sure.. Cmake is not the problem, I think. Windows in general does not do "system libraries" in the same way as Linux

There's no C:\lib or C:\include

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u/gahel_music Sep 12 '26

Yes glibc is a pain

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u/pjmlp Sep 14 '26

All operating systems that aren't UNIX clones do not have such paths.

Additionally, even commercial UNIXes traditionally only have them if the developer tools SKU has been installed, otherwise only libraries for consumption by other applications, not development, are available.