I'm not an expert at all, but I think C++ as a language is fine.
It's the build and linking step that really frustrates me. Especially in this post Ruby, module and package age.
CMake helps, but the fact that it's been around for 20+ years, and is still the best tool of it's kind, is food for thought.
CMake helps, but the fact that it's been around for 20+ years, and is still the best tool of it's kind, is food for thought.