Not only that, but look at any advanced-age project that uses make. There are layers of includes, and defines and rules are smeared across multiple files. I th

Not only that, but look at any advanced-age project that uses make. There are layers of includes, and defines and rules are smeared across multiple files. I think many modern web-build tools were made by people who thought "hey, I can do better than make" (or worse, "What's make?" and reinvented the wheel) and then wound up in a similar conundrum.