Make: Avoid nesting builds into scripts/

Author: ashvardanian

.github/workflows/prerelease.yml

@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build build_artifacts --config RelWithDebInfo
       - name: Test C++
         run: |
-          .\build_artifacts\scripts\fork_union_test_cpp17.exe
-          .\build_artifacts\scripts\fork_union_test_cpp20.exe
+          .\build_artifacts\fork_union_test_cpp17.exe
+          .\build_artifacts\fork_union_test_cpp20.exe
 
         # Rust
       - name: Set up Rust

README.md

@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ You can rerun those benchmarks with the following commands:
 ```bash
 cmake -B build_release -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 cmake --build build_release --config Release
-time NBODY_COUNT=128 NBODY_ITERATIONS=1000000 NBODY_BACKEND=fork_union_static build_release/scripts/fork_union_nbody
-time NBODY_COUNT=128 NBODY_ITERATIONS=1000000 NBODY_BACKEND=fork_union_dynamic build_release/scripts/fork_union_nbody
+time NBODY_COUNT=128 NBODY_ITERATIONS=1000000 NBODY_BACKEND=fork_union_static build_release/fork_union_nbody
+time NBODY_COUNT=128 NBODY_ITERATIONS=1000000 NBODY_BACKEND=fork_union_dynamic build_release/fork_union_nbody
 ```
 
 ## Safety & Logic
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@ To run the C++ tests, use CMake:
 cmake -B build_release -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 cmake --build build_release --config Release
 ctest -C build_release                          # run all tests
-build_release/scripts/fork_union_nbody          # run the benchmarks
+build_release/fork_union_nbody                  # run the benchmarks
 ```
 
 For C++ debug builds, consider using the VS Code debugger presets or the following commands:
 
 ```bash
 cmake --build build_debug --config Debug  # build with Debug symbols
-build_debug/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20 # run a single test executable
+build_debug/fork_union_test_cpp20         # run a single test executable
 ```
 
 To include NUMA, Huge Pages, and other optimizations on Linux, make sure to install dependencies:
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ To build with an alternative compiler, like LLVM Clang, use the following comman
 sudo apt-get install libomp-15-dev clang++-15 # OpenMP version must match Clang
 cmake -B build_debug -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-15
 cmake --build build_debug --config Debug
-build_debug/scripts/fork_union_test_cpp20
+build_debug/fork_union_test_cpp20
 ```
 
 For Rust, use the following command:

scripts/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ foreach (STD IN LISTS CXX_STANDARDS)
     set_target_properties_for_fork_union_script(${TGT})
 
     # Link against `libatomic` for older GCC versions that might need it
-    # Note: AppleClang doesn't need `libatomic` as atomic operations are built-in
-    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR 
-        (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang"))
-        target_link_libraries(${TGT} PRIVATE -latomic)
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang"))
+        # AppleClang doesn't need `libatomic` as atomic operations are built-in
+        if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "AppleClang")
+            target_link_libraries(${TGT} PRIVATE -latomic)
+        endif ()
     endif ()
 
 endforeach ()
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ set_target_properties(
     PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 20
                CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
                CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
+               RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     message(STATUS "Enabling OpenMP for fork_union_nbody on GCC")