Comment by kerkeslager

> What even is knowing something when folks contradict themselves two replies in?

You quoted two bits and are claiming they are contradictory, but they aren't.

I said, "My goal is to be able to build my project with as little effort as possible. "Effort" includes evaluating different tools and reading their documentation."

That's not "I don't want to read about any other build systems besides Cargo."

I'm happy to read about other build systems. I would be extremely happy if I found one as easy as Cargo for C, but I'm quite confident that doesn't exist.

But it took me all of 3 minutes to learn how to do everything I need to do with Cargo, and it was simple enough that I have it committed to memory and never have to read it again. I don't want waste time reading about build systems that are immediately obviously harder to use and don't do anything more, because that is a complete and utter waste of time.

And I say "You know that" because it's not some puzzle if you were looking to understand what I say instead of attack it.

> Note that I said "build tool". A package management system is a hair more complicated. You'll need a week instead of an afternoon.

Your confidence in me is charming.