Pros: - no JavaScript (so no Node.js) - plenty of good documentation about make - much simpler task definition for most tasks - interface to external comman

Pros: - no JavaScript (so no Node.js) - plenty of good documentation about make - much simpler task definition for most tasks - interface to external commands that is natural and obvious Cons: - not a modern hype - some people dislike make's syntax - tasks that don't produce actual files force to use artificial stamp files, so the data model is not always the best fit