This actually works fine in GNU make too. The parent make acts as a job server. The implementation is ingenious, see http://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/jobser

This actually works fine in GNU make too. The parent make acts as a job server. The implementation is ingenious, see http://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/jobserver-implementation/ http://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/jobserver-implementatio...