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Recursive `make` and `-j`

33 points · 14 comments · ibobev

  1. fragmede · · focus · HN ↗
    Don't do it!

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;accu.org&#x2F;journals&#x2F;overload&#x2F;14&#x2F;71&#x2F;miller_2004&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;accu.org&#x2F;journals&#x2F;overload&#x2F;14&#x2F;71&#x2F;miller_2004&#x2F;

    Recursive Make Considered Harmful

    By Peter Miller

    1. kazinator · · focus · HN ↗
      The proliferation of recursive make has been harmful for make itself!

      Most of the make replacement tools are promoted by propaganda which attacks a strawman version of make, whereby it is assumed to be at the center of a shitty recursive situation.

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