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Languages
=========
-Languages are enabled by the :command:`project` command. If no project command
+Languages are enabled by the :command:`project` command. Language-specific
+built-in variables, such as
+:variable:`CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER>`,
+:variable:`CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID <CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID>` etc are set by
+invoking the :command:`project` command. If no project command
is in the top-level CMakeLists file, one will be implicitly generated. By default
the enabled languages are C and CXX: