For the target audience (total Make beginners) poring through autogenerated makefiles might not be such good advice. It's functionally equivalent to telling peo

For the target audience (total Make beginners) poring through autogenerated makefiles might not be such good advice. It's functionally equivalent to telling people to learn Bash by studying a `configure` script, or learning JavaScript by studying EmScripten output. If you're decent with Make and want to learn advanced tricks, then by all means go right ahead, but 95% of Make users will never need to delve into such details.