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.\" MANIFESTAUUGN Feb'98 Article
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.nr PS 72
.nr VS 73000
.LP
.ad c
.hy 0
Recursive Make Considered Harmful
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.ad l
.sp
.nr PS 36
.nr VS 37
.LP
.ft I
.hy 0
``I returned this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone
has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.''
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.ft R
.ps -4
.ad r
- sanitized reviewer comment
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.ad l
.ps +4
.bp
.nr PS 24
.nr VS 25
.XP
\(bu
Many potential reviewers rejected the paper on the title alone
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\(sq but you didn't or you would not be here
.XP
\(bu
We use \fImake\fP every day
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\(sq We \fIab\fPuse it every day (didn't do way I want, again!)
.br
\(sq few know how \fImake\fP works
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\(sq fewer could write it
.XP
\(bu
This talk is about how \fImake\fP works
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\(sq how humans screw it up (air conditioning)
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\(sq make is not broken
.br
\(sq this isn't about small projects,
it is about \fBlarge\fP projects
.XP
\(bu
This talk does not cover everything in the paper
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\(sq no makefile optimizations
.br
\(sq no VPATH
.br
\(sq no include dependencies
.XP
\(bu
Assumed Knowledge
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\(sq that you use \fImake\fP
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\(sq on \fBlarge\fP(ish) projects