I was replying to this line > This is a lot cleaner. The PID stuff can be done with bash too. In any case, until there is a tool which is as ubiquitous and as

I was replying to this line > This is a lot cleaner. The PID stuff can be done with bash too. In any case, until there is a tool which is as ubiquitous and as declarative as make you're going to have hard time convincing those of use who use it this way to stop.