> jb> But a typical makefile depends on the platform-specific compiler, > jb> utility programs... even the shell! > > Not much you can do about compilers; certainly no one would suggest > bundling a compiler with make!
I guess you are right, but perhaps there could be some sort of framework whereby make could be easily extended by a compiler vendor. The makefile writer simply says "use multithreaded C runtime library" or "turn on optimizations", and the compiler's extension to the make framework translates this into its own compiler options. If this got to be a hot feature, perhaps then we could reasonably expect our compiler (or open source community) to provide such an extension. Jon. _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
