[CMake] [cmake-developers] CMake IR

[Geoffrey Viola]

I think this topic addresses improving the greatest CMake's greatest weakness.

> It would modularize the internals of CMake in a cleaner fashion
Good point. Having built part of a generator, I would appreciate cleaner generator interfaces. That way it's clear what implementations are necessary to support which CMake features.

> The big selling point would be the ability to introduce arbitrary front-ends to CMake, not just CMakelists.txt. Every developer could choose an input language that suits their project/needs/skills.
When trying to get a team to adopt CMake, learning this new language is a barrier for entry. Doing a trade study on build tools made SCons looks pretty good because it is in python, but ultimately we decided on CMake because I used it before.

Geoffrey Viola
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
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