I don't know why people get so bent about Makefiles. Its a way to preserve muscle memory using a universally (well most *nix systems, anyway) available software

I don't know why people get so bent about Makefiles. Its a way to preserve muscle memory using a universally (well most *nix systems, anyway) available software. It allows you to have package your often used shell commands into one well known (even a 30 year manual will teach you how to read/use a makefile) file.