On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Ivam Pretti <ivamprett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to know what are the advantages or difference when compared >> to GCC compiler. >> >> > I understand from the topic you mean compared to cmake; but the two are > two different things > gcc is a compiler > cmake is a build system that uses compilers > it'd be more meaningful to say make v cmake... > > so there is no comparison... definatly an apples and steak comparison (or > orange would at least be fruit) > I think it's even more accurate to say CMake is not a buildsystem either, but a *generator* of buildsystems. How it works: CMake generates a buildsystem (such as Makefiles, build.ninja, a Visual Studio .sln file). Then a build tool (such as make, ninja, Visual Studio, XCode) interprets that buildsystem to issue compilation commands. These commands are executed by a compiler (such as gcc, clang, cl). I fully agree with comparing GCC to CMake being an apples to steaks comparison (and I'm stealing that phrase for future use) :-) Petr
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