I hate CMake as much as anyone, but I actually did something about it: https://github.com/DarkStarSystems/pcons https://github.com/DarkStarSystems/pcons. As one

I hate CMake as much as anyone, but I actually did something about it: https://github.com/DarkStarSystems/pcons https://github.com/DarkStarSystems/pcons. As one of the original developers of SCons, I tried to get the best parts of SCons and CMake into a simple, modern, python-based software build tool. I take toolsmithing seriously, so I plan to build pcons into a strong, useful open-source project.