C++ projects can contain thousands of files, and managing these files can be a task. When you build the project, should a file be compiled, and if so, by which tool? In what order should the files be compiled? What output will these compilers produce? How should the compiled files be combined to produce the executable?
Compiler tools will also have a large collection of options, as diverse as debug information, types of optimization, support for different language features, and processor features. Different combinations of compiler options will be used in different circumstances (for example, release builds and debug builds). If you compile from a command line, you have to make sure you choose the right options and ...
