tim (12/16/82)
There has been a bit of discussion on C extensions that partially or wholly replace the function of "make". I would like to hear more. If someone has a system they like, describe it loosely here; ideas for this sort of thing are also appreciated. Please reply to the net, not to me. Thanks. Tim Maroney unc!tim
avsdS:avsdT:wcl (12/17/82)
The most useful make-like feature I have ever seen was a program called 'con', written by Tom Duff at New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab. It would look for a line of the form /*% compile_command... and run the "compile_command". Substitutions such as '$' for the basename of the current file were allowed. This syntax was compatible both with C, and the PDP11 assembler (which starts comments with a '/'). It general enough to fill in the low-end gap under make, and can be ported to systems without a "con" program (just look for the line yourself and type it in!). Thus it self-documenting. Oh, in case I didn't make it clear, all "con" looks for is "/*%". Bill Lindemann atd!avsdT:wcl AMPEX Corporation