>>>>> "Jos" == Jos Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jos> My proposal for adding $^ as an alias for $> does not add any
Jos> incompatibilities, neither with POSIX nor with any existing BSD
Jos> make.
Yes, and no. Adding new features doesn't break existing code, but it
encourages new code to use the new features in a non-compatible way. The
import of tcsh on top of csh is a classic of this. What we have
works. It's not cool and/or sexy. But it works. If you *need* the
features of GNUmake, use GNUmake.
--lyndon
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