...Nor does it mean that just because it has a steep learning curve it’s badly designed. Make is not a needlessly complex tool (unlike most garbage tools these

...Nor does it mean that just because it has a steep learning curve it’s badly designed. Make is not a needlessly complex tool (unlike most garbage tools these days); it’s complex because it needs to be flexible enough to build any programmer’s software. Since ways to program and build software are infinite, the tool itself cannot be simple, otherwise trade-offs have to be made.