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Make is great when working with the languages it was originally designed and intended for (C, C++, yacc, bison, etc). Basically the GNU ecosystem.

It's far less great when working with anything else, like Go, Python, JS/TS, etc.

People want great tools that work well with the way their software and teams work. Seems logical to me.

After all, someone reinvented the build system when they created make to solve the problems of their time. What if they just stuck with csh or plain POSIX compatible build scripts?




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