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Re:Golang: Don't be afraid of makefiles by mmarx on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @12:15PM (#15295419)
> Why use a platform specific tool and restrict yourself to Linux?

Make predates Linux by 15 years. It's not platform specific (indeed it is part of POSIX), and it is most certainly not restricted to linux.

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Re:Golang: Don't be afraid of makefiles by spc476 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:26PM (#15297902)
I was using make on MS-DOS 2.1 way back in 1987. It's just not for Unix anymore.
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