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On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:13 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>> DJ Delorie wrote:
>> > I feel that way about cmake - it might be a good system, but since
>> > I don't know it, I avoid things that use it.
>>
>> Doesn't that say a lot more about you than about cmake?
>
> That's the point.  cmake isn't as popular, people don't know how to
> use it, so given the choice, they avoid it.  Hence, "popularity
> contest".  GNU Make may not always be the best tool for the job, but
> more people are familiar with it and thus comfortable using it.  More
> people == more potential contributors.
>
> We're having a similar conversation about guile - whether it's the
> right language for the job is only one consideration; whether most of
> our users feel comfortable using it is another.

I find it funny how people fight over which language is better or
which VCS but no one really cares or wants to care about what make
they have.


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