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From: jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Should I use dmake?
Message-ID: <275491ad.6489@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 29 Nov 90 04:42:21 GMT
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In an article lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) wrote:
>I have used dmake a great deal and have even worked a little on internals.
>It's as good as any make, far better than most, and supports a wide
>number of platforms.  I use it to maintain a ROM-based system that also
>runs in emulator form on DOS, 2 versions of Unix and 286 and 386 Xenix.
>Dmake is the only thing I know that can handle it.  I also use it
>for my routine making, though.

How is dmake different from garden-variety make?

I use ndmake on my pc.  How is ndmake different from dmake?

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