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Make is a 44 year old implementation of the DAG model. It is not the only possible one, and it has plenty of flaws. At least in principle, there is room for a b
by pacala 6y ago
Make is a 44 year old implementation of the DAG model. It is not the only possible one, and it has plenty of flaws. At least in principle, there is room for a better implementation of the DAG model, and even different implementations tailored for different ecosystems.
The Mother of all Demos was amazing 5 decades ago. And yet we're not stuck using the exact same UI toolkit as Douglas Engelbart.