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Re:The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects by ajross on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:28PM (#16487748)
> Users expect computers to work in a non-surprising ways.

"Users" is a very broad category with a bunch of partitioning.

The particular subgroup in question are authors of build automation systems for medium to large scale software projects. They (we) have a rather different perspective on "surprising".

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Re:The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects by Const-me on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:24AM (#16491143)
> authors of build automation systems for medium to large scale software projects

For desktop software, a build automation system needs to handle files that are included in the installer, installed on user’s machines, and in some cases be discoverable by end users of the software.

I would be very surprised if my build system wouldn’t support spaces in file names.

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