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I agree with most of what you’re saying, but for me, the IDE was waaaaay easier than dealing with a Makefile (yet another programming language that has nothing
by thewebcount 4y ago
I agree with most of what you’re saying, but for me, the IDE was waaaaay easier than dealing with a Makefile (yet another programming language that has nothing to do with my goal), or worse, entering random hard-to-remember commands and options on the command line. Even if my program was a single file, it was usually just Cmd-R to build and run. No need to memorize that I needed to add “-l math” if I was doing anything with math functions, or whatever.
- throwaway09223 4y agoMakefiles for basic projects are typically just two to five lines long. It's really different than a large project system, or the absolutely crazy things that autoconf generates. all: cc myprogram.c clean: rm -f myprogram.o myprogram They're extremely simple in simple scenarios. It's just a simple format for writing down the commands you run while working.