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Why ask all my users to install just, when make works fine? Adding a build dependency is always undesirable. just doesn't even do many of the things make does,

• pdimitar 2y ago
  `make` running fine is the hill I'll proudly die on. Or simply put, I'll disagree forever. It's full of subtle issues that I got tired of tip-toeing around. It's a never ending black hole of programmer time. And yes, `just` isn't a build system per se, it still requires something to track modified source files and whether they map to the requisite build artifacts. Good for C/C++ and maybe stuff like Latex -> HTML but outside of that it's obsolete and thank the gods for that. If it works well for you, cool. As mentioned up-thread I wouldn't attempt a switch with hundreds of Makefiles already working fine either. But I'm very happy to tell you that your case is the vanishing minority. Happily the world has moved on.