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The difference being that Make is actually usable. For the silent down-voters: Tell me why the above statement is not true.
by rounce 8y ago
The difference being that Make is actually usable.
For the silent down-voters: Tell me why the above statement is not true.
- 0xFACEFEED 8y agoIt's 100% true. I've been using Make for 15 years across multiple programming languages. It's a small, dependable, and simple utility. I've been painfully slogging through Webpack configs for 4 years. I dread dealing with it every single time I open the file.
- nailer 8y agoIt's a punctuation heavy format with a bunch of shell code mixed in, which means projects go from using one language (Python, Ruby, JavaScript etc) to three (whatever they were using previously plus Make plus shell).
- unilynx 8y agoIf only Makefiles were usable. tabs vs space...
- kowdermeister 8y agoBecause you imply that Webpack isn't. It gives you much more that with make you still have to invent. The newer versions of WP is surprisingly simple to set up.