>%% "J. Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > jg> I have been reading about Lucent nmake > jg> (http://www.bell-labs.com/project/nmake/). It looks interesting, > jg> they use a different rule format, and include a preprocessor. > jg> There is a comparison to GNU make > jg> (http://www.bell-labs.com/project/nmake/faq/gmake.html). I was > jg> wondering if GNU make planned to add some similar features to > jg> Lucent nmake? > >Did you have some specific feature in mind? Based on the comparison the >only significant feature difference I see is that nmake is stateful >while GNU make is not stateful.
The main thing I noticed is the built-in dependency scanner for source code. That would be a welcome addition to GNU make. OPUS had it, and it will be missed. - Andy _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
