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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Ever heard of mk? (was Re: Thoughts about "make")
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 17:32:46 EDT
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> You should take a look at nmake (aka newmake, aka 4th generation make),
> which I think is superior to mk...

It depends on what you are doing.  Andrew Hume, author of mk, characterized
nmake as "an expert system for C programmers".  A valuable thing, yes, but
less general and much more complex than mk.
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