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Makefiles honestly are just glorified shell scripts. Some of the syntax is a little odd, but you trade that for a more standarized format and the ability to add
by aquova 3y ago
Makefiles honestly are just glorified shell scripts. Some of the syntax is a little odd, but you trade that for a more standarized format and the ability to add different build options without mucking around with argparse yourself.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> Makefiles honestly are just glorified shell scripts. Not really. The concept of a script is "do these things in this order". The concept of a makefile is "here are a bunch of things that might or might not need to be done, you figure it out".