[CMake] XML CMake ?

[Kent Williams]

 From a user standpoint I vastly prefer CMake syntax over XML. CMake 
syntax is human readable, and XML is human readable but not pleasant to 
read.

Where CMakeLists.txt files get hard to read, it's usually because the 
person writing them is in a hurry, and doesn't take the time to make 
them easy to read.  Or they don't arrive at an elegant, readable 
solution for the configuration problem before they find an ugly solution 
that works.  Either way, I think its a mistake to spend a lot of time 
engineering your application code, and little time engineering your 
build system. Config and build problems are very relevant to 
maintainability.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but the only advantage to XML over any 
other syntax is that you don't have to write a parser, and there's a 
built-up culture of applications for it.  That's great, as far as it 
goes, but if you're afraid of writing a parser, in my arrogant opinion, 
you're not a real programmer.

That last bit is meant to be humorous, if that doesn't come through. 
I've sworn off emoticons for Lent.