I don't think it's controversial to say C++ tooling is rough. I do think a large number of C++ engineers think that they can care about the language so they don

I don't think it's controversial to say C++ tooling is rough. I do think a large number of C++ engineers think that they can care about the language so they don't need to care about anything else, including build systems. I also think a large amount of C++ is tied to a native platform, packaging system (or source repository), and possibly a native build system. That means the tooling is fragmented, though not universally poor. It's just that the tooling is not always available.