It's not that Make can't work as a task launcher, it's that it's not designed as such. The simple fact that a build target isn't executed if the build file alr

It's not that Make can't work as a task launcher, it's that it's not designed as such. The simple fact that a build target isn't executed if the build file already exists, requiring a workaround to run it, points to the difference in purpose and philosophy. Those little details, together with the more modern design, accumulate to make Just a tool that is simpler to use for that purpose.