CMake, the programming language

I remember writing my own Python Makefile generator for C++ and Java projects back in the day and being delighted when Maven emerged as the de-facto standard for Java builds and package management. Other language ecosystems also converged on standard tools such as sbt for Scala or Leiningen for Clojure . New programming languages must have a good build and package management story to be taken seriously. Rust 's Cargo and Zig 's build system are good examples for this trend. C++ wasn't so lucky. Even 20 year