Stuart Feldman created Make while at Bell Labs. An early version was completed in April 1976. Feldman received the 2003 ACM Software System … 展开

Make has been implemented numerous times; generally using the same makefile format and providing the same features, but some providing enhancements from the original. Examples:
• Sun DevPro Make appeared in 1986 with SunOS-3.2. With SunOS … 展开

The following commands are in the context of the makefile that follows.
Below is a simple makefile that by default (the "all" rule is listed first) compiles a source file called "helloworld.c" using the system's C compiler and also provides a "clean" target to remove … 展开

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In general, based on a makefile, Make updates target files from source files if any source file has a newer timestamp than the target file or the target … 展开

The makefile language is at least partially declarative programming where end conditions are described but the order in which actions are to be taken is not. This type of programming can be confusing to programmers used to imperative programming 展开

Makefile consist of dependencies and a forgotten or an extra one may not be immediately obvious to the user and may result in subtle bugs in the generated software that are hard to … 展开