> You sound like someone who's complaining about all the "pointless" semi-colons in C++ code
Not sure how the two relate at all. One is a statement terminator, the other a rather complex system.
> If you can't be bothered to learn the basics of the language, your criticism isn't going to be worth much.
That's the entire point! Remember my complaint is not against Make as a build tool, but Make as a do everything(including deploy) system. There are countless options in the space. With most, you can generally open a config file or even bash script and figure out what's going on. Not so with Make, without learning as you call it. It's nonobvious. And I say that as someone who -does- understand it.
Not sure how the two relate at all. One is a statement terminator, the other a rather complex system.
> If you can't be bothered to learn the basics of the language, your criticism isn't going to be worth much.
That's the entire point! Remember my complaint is not against Make as a build tool, but Make as a do everything(including deploy) system. There are countless options in the space. With most, you can generally open a config file or even bash script and figure out what's going on. Not so with Make, without learning as you call it. It's nonobvious. And I say that as someone who -does- understand it.