[erlang-questions] Use of makefiles

[Matt Kangas]

For those who despise makefile syntax, there are plenty of newer "make  
replacements" out there:

"rake"	http://rake.rubyforge.org/
"ant"	http://ant.apache.org/
"Jam"	http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html

Lesser known: "cons" (Perl), "SCons" (Python), "memoize". Google for  
"make replacement" to find these and more.

Of course, *none* of these are as ubiquitous as "make", nor will be  
for a very long time. If you're shipping code for someone else to  
build -- e.g. Joe's book -- then "make" is the only realistic choice.

--Matt, who's hoping this thread can die now :)


On Mar 4, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Richard Carlsson wrote:

> James Hague wrote:
>> I use makefiles infrequently enough that I always forget the syntax
>> and nuances of using them.  But I can bang out a Perl program that
>> does the same thing--even checking file modification dates and so
>> on--in very little time.
>
> Well, each to his own. I use Perl infrequently enough that I always
> forget the syntax and nuances of it. But I can bang out a bash script
> or Makefile that does the same thing in very little time.
>
>     /Richard


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