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How did you learn the GNU make tools? (stackoverflow.com)
3 points by ahalan on Oct 13, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Years ago in my CS program, someone floated the proposition that there has only ever existed one make file, and all others are edited copies because so few people understand how to craft one.

It was certainly true for most of the beginning CS students. We copied the instructor's (or TA's) standard make file and tweaked it for each project ...




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