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From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
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Subject: Re: which make in freebsd?
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rob spellberg <emailrob@emailrob.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> > gmake is inferior in most ways that matter.
> why?

Most noticeably, the lack of .for / .endfor.

OTOH, the way loops are implemented in pmake really sucks...

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