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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: Python vs C++
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:16:47 +0300
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Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>:

> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Neil D. Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
>> But I contend you do need to be a Medieval Scholar to compile and link it.
>
> That's only because whoever wrote your Makefile wasn't skilled in the
> art of make recipes. :-)

Make shouldn't be involved in any serious work. It was designed for the
case where you have a handful of source files in a single directory. Its
use has gotten completely out of hand.

I sincerely recommend SCons for anything more serious. A word of
warning, though: SCons gives you the power of Python. Don't use that
power except in utmost need.


Marko