I'm not defending the parent topic particularly, but it's worth noting that you're not entirely correct. If you download any complex project, there will almost

I'm not defending the parent topic particularly, but it's worth noting that you're not entirely correct. If you download any complex project, there will almost certainly be a meta makefile generator (autoconf, cmake, etc) or a set of about 30 makefiles for different various specific situations (lua, etc). ...because make is terrible at doing complex tasks on its own, and terrible at code reuse on it's own. To be fair; async I/O isn't a magical button that makes gulp better than anything else, but it's a bit off saying an entire community is ignorant. Don't be a dick. The important points about gulp are: - Better syntax - Plugin system (code reuse) - Functional programming style - Faster than its main alternative, grunt shrug I wouldn't use it to build c code. ...but then again, I'd never use make to build a c project either. Ninja is significantly faster for the same low level build process.