Comment by lkjdsklf

Also, for better or worse, cmake is pretty much the "standard" for C/C++ these days.

Fighting the standard often creates it's own set of problems and nightmares that just aren't worth it. Especially true in C++ where yhou often have to integrate with other projects and their build systems. Way easier if you just use cmake like everyone else.

Even the old hold outs, boost and google open source, now use cmake for their open source stuff.