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57% use cmake, next most used build system is make at 33%

57% of the people willing to respond; this information is as useful as "Rust is the most beloved language" in Stackoverflow polls. Maybe it's true, maybe not.

> 57% of the people willing to respond;

Unless you have any data supporting your personal belief, it hardly sounds rational to try to reject objective data just because you don't like it.

The burden of proof is on your side.

Not really. You are the one claiming that a survey is not statistically representative, and based on that baseless assertion you proceed to argue the exact opposite without any proof or reason.

Does this feel even remotely reasonable to you?

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