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Re:The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects by cesarb on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:39PM (#16487877)
> I mean patsubst? What a terrible function name! At the very least I would have added the 'h' in path.

The "pat" in "patsubst" means pattern, not path, so adding an h would be incorrect. (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Text-Func...)

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