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From: dmt@mtunb.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Make blues
Message-ID: <1044@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 20:00:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 20:00:33 1987
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In article <79@sdeggo.UUCP> dave@sdeggo.UUCP writes:
>Help!  I'm going insane!  I have MSC 4.0 with Make 4.02 and it is not
>executing my makefiles properly.  
>....
>Is there something really simple that I'm missing?

Yup, but not the sort of thing you think.

FLAME ON!  (Not flaming you, Dave.)

Microsoft MAKE is a toy, compared with other MAKEs available.  There
are at least two good MAKEs for DOS that are remarkably close to
UNIX MAKE.

	NDMAKE - shareware from Don Kneller.  I believe he asks a
		$20 or $25 donation to register your copy.
		Worth every penny and then some.

	PolyMake from PolyTron - a commercial package for about $100.
		If you feel you need a solid company behind your tools
		(and thus feel a little antsy about shareware) this is
		a real good product.

I shouldn't be surprised if there are others around.  The point is:
Microsoft MAKE is an obsolete toy.  The solution to your problem is
to get a REAL tool.

Disclaimer: this is my own opinion.  I don't know if my employer
has an opinion on this subject.

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