CMAKE Makefile language?

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daino 2 Light Poster

12 Years Ago

What language are CMAKE Makefile (CmakeLists) written in?

As for other Makefiles are they written in the same language. For example a Makefile.gcc to be compiled
using a MingW compiler?

shell-scripting

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L7Sqr 227 Practically a Master Poster

12 Years Ago

It looks like CMake is written in C++

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daino 2 Light Poster · Answer 1 · 2012-10-19T02:16:53+00:00

daino 2 Light Poster

12 Years Ago

What about the makefiles?

L7Sqr 227 Practically a Master Poster · Answer 2 · 2012-10-20T18:00:00+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean. CMake ingests files in a particular format - I'm not sure it is a language, per se. If you follow the documentation or any number of online tutorials you will familiarize yourself with enough to get a working knowledge of it.