Version 4 of make

Updated 2007-01-15 19:40:44

What: make

 Where: various locations
        http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html
 Description: This command takes files describing relationships
        between files and describes actions to take to transform
        files from one format into another when the file's timestamp
        indicates that such a transformation is needed.
        One such implementation of this command is the GNU Make,
        pointed to by the fsf.org link above.
        Currently, gnu make is at version 3.80 .
 Updated: 09/2004
 Contact: See web site

See also gnu, MaMa, Mkdepend, PADE, PVM, tmk, UltraMake, ...

Also of interest as a model is Ruby's Rake [L1 ] project, a domain-specific language intended to be a functional substitute for Make.


Tcl-based contestants: tclmake, bras, smake, ...


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