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From: crs@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com (C. R. Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Make blues
Message-ID: <318@cpsc6b.cpsc6a.att.com>
Date: Tue, 15-Sep-87 17:44:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: cpsc6b.318
Posted: Tue Sep 15 17:44:20 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 01:38:32 EDT
References: <79@sdeggo.UUCP> <1044@mtunb.ATT.COM> <776@custom.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T (CPSC), Oakland, CA
Lines: 30
Summary: First try NDMAKE

In article <776@custom.UUCP>, boykin@custom.UUCP (Joseph Boykin) writes:
< In article <1044@mtunb.ATT.COM>, dmt@mtunb.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman) writes:
< > 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.  
< > 
< > 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.
< 
< Just to add a plug... CSS Has a full version of MAKE which is
< part of our PC/TOOLS product...

A friend of mine has PC/TOOLS MAKE, and while it is a good implementation,
I find the 'Shareware' NDMAKE more complete.  It has handled EVERY
UNIX(tm) makefile I've thrown at it, and it also has a VERY nice feature
that builds 'response files' when the command line for LINK would get
too long (> 128 characters).  Finally, it has a 'MAKE.INI' file, that
allows you to set default macros, suffixes, etc., so you can tailor it
to your development environment (I use Turbo C).

NDMAKE should be available on most BBS's, but I've heard that the 'new'
version is incomplete until you send a donation.  Personally, there's
nothing wrong with the OLD version.

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