Pcmaker, Ken Martin wrote it. On Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 3:26 PM Andrew Maclean <andrew.amacl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill, > In the pre-Cmake days I remember building VTK on Windows with a program > that configured VTK for the build. Do you remember what it was called? This > was back around 2000! > > Regards > Andrew > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Bill Hoffman <bill.hoff...@kitware.com> >> To: "Alan W. Irwin" <alan.w.irwin1...@gmail.com> >> Cc: CMake Mailinglist <cmake@cmake.org>, cmake-develop...@cmake.org >> Bcc: >> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:36:56 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [CMake] Happy Birthday CMake! >> >> On 9/2/2018 6:54 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> >> >> And thanks to you for coming up with such a useful tool in the first >> place! >> >> Can you recommend a site that gives a (fairly) short history of CMake >> that at least lists the most fundamental changes made to this software >> since its inception? For example, I am pretty sure you have stated >> before that it >> did not start out as a C++ project. If so, when did it switch to C++? >> I did look at <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmake> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmake>, but the history >> paragraph there includes nothing about the fundamental changes made along >> the way in the development of CMake. >> >> CMake has always been in C++. The idea was that all that would be >> required would be a C++ compiler. With that, you could build CMake. Since >> CMake was designed to build C++ projects, it was assumed that the user >> would at least have a C++ compiler. >> >> Should be some history these talks: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ut9o4OdSC0&feature=youtube_gdata >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqjtN8NGtl4 >> >> I don't think there is anything written. >> >> -Bill >> >> >> >> -- > ___________________________________________ > Andrew J. P. Maclean > > ___________________________________________ > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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