[TUHS] Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register

[Luther Johnson]

On 06/18/2024 03:50 PM, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> At Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:52:51 +0000, segaloco via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
> Subject: [TUHS] Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register
>> That's not
>> to diminish the real help of things like autotools and CMake,
> Oh, that strikes a nerve.
>
> CMake is the very antithesis of a good tool.  It doesn't help.  I think
> it is perhaps the worst abomination EVER in the world of software tools,
> and especially amongst software construction tools.
>
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I agree with Greg here. In fact even if it was well done, it is
declaring something that wasn't really a problem, to be a problem, to
insert itself as the solution, but I think it's just extra stuff and
steps that ultimately obfuscates and creates yet more dependencies.
Self-serving complexity.