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Re:I Like Makefiles by kristiandupont on Saturday September 21, 2024 @03:44AM (#41608284)
>Make is the new kid on the block.

Make is from 1976. I don't think you can legitimately refer to it as that.

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Re:I Like Makefiles by cassianoleal on Saturday September 21, 2024 @04:16AM (#41608432)
The first UNIX was announced outside of Bell Labs in 1973. In 1976, pretty much every tool was “the new kid on the block”.
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Re:I Like Makefiles by oblio on Saturday September 21, 2024 @04:39AM (#41608523)
Phew, I was so worried. So for 48 years out of Unix' 53 years of existence (90% of that time), make hasn't been the new kid on the block. Oh, let alone the fact that we're talking about stuff from 48 years ago, when their "screen" was a paper printout of the output.
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Re:I Like Makefiles by cassianoleal on Saturday September 21, 2024 @09:11PM (#41613861)
I have no idea what that comment is supposed to mean.
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Re:I Like Makefiles by oblio on Monday September 23, 2024 @08:28AM (#41625349)
That your comment was hyper-pedantic.
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Re:I Like Makefiles by Ygg2 on Saturday September 21, 2024 @03:53AM (#41608337)
You could around 1976. Who's ever going to need make.
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