CMake is two smaller systems in a trenchcoat, with a creepy stalker following along. There's the 3.0+ CMakeLists.txt syntax, which is a nice declarative target

CMake is two smaller systems in a trenchcoat, with a creepy stalker following along. There's the 3.0+ CMakeLists.txt syntax, which is a nice declarative target-based system. There's the *.cmake language syntax for finding dependencies and other scripting, which is a C'thonian horror mix of imperative and declarative bits that the trench coat tries to hide. Then there's the creepy pre-3.0 stalker, the old syntax for both. Non-target based, imperative bits sneaking in everywhere, makes Autotools look sane.