This technically isn't true, but I'll give you the point because I don't see `sudo apt install build-essentials` as a significant barrier to entry. But being a

This technically isn't true, but I'll give you the point because I don't see `sudo apt install build-essentials` as a significant barrier to entry. But being able to print "make: ** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." to stderr isn't particularly useful, and having to write a Makefile is a significant barrier.