Hi Sean,

Replying to a message of Sean Dennis to All:

 SD> It seems that the source code to NLMAKE has been secured and will be
 SD> shortly be available at http://nlmake.sourceforge.net.  I wish I
 SD> could program in C right now as I'd love to port it and fix the bugs
 SD> so a decent OS/2 version would come out.

If you're having problems with processing makefiles, you can also look at
dmake and gmake.

The latter is, of course, the GNU make, so it is generally considered as
definitive as regards the syntax and semantics of make. Some swear by it,
others swear at it.

The former, dmake, is considered by many as an improved make. [The devotees
of gmake consider these improvements to be negative, though.] I have found
it to be an excellent maker.

The OS/2 versions of both of these are on Hobbes, and Pete Norloff's BBS too.

There are several other "independent" makers available for OS/2,
but the few I have tried (bake, and some I can't recall) do not support the
full syntax of GNU make. This means that writing your own makefiles is
easier, but it also means that full-blown makefiles cannot be readily
processed.

Plus, we have the 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the IBM/Microsoft nmake.
This is the utility supplied with the various compilers supplied by IBM
(and Microsoft in the early days). Other compiler vendors of years gone by
also supplied their own. The upshot is that most IDEs are, in fact,
graphical front-ends to the compiler vendor's make utility.

Regards

Dave


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