%% Boris Kolpackov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
bk> When I contemplated make-like inference system in lisp I didn't say
bk> I suggest to throw away rules. We should still have them:
bk> hello : hello.c
bk> gcc -o $@ $<
bk> (defrule ("hello") ("hello.c")
bk> "gcc -o $@ $<")
bk> Comments?
I guess my main comment is that there are already a number of tools out
there which reimplement make's functionality using different syntax, and
provide (or purport to provide) a much-enhanced and less difficult build
environment.
One of the critical criteria for GNU make has always been and always
will be compatibility with the POSIX standard for make--although
obviously we provide many extensions we do so within the basic framework
of standard make.
I have no problem at all with people writing and using other build
tools... but I don't foresee GNU make morphing into something that
radically different.
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