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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Building Matreshka on Windows
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 09:18:04 +0100
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On 02/11/2016 22:29, Shark8 wrote:

> PPS -- Why do people think "make" is a good way to build/install
> anyway? (I tried running it through Borland's make,

I used to write make files generator for Borland's make, nmake, GNU 
make, have a shirt and cap.

> but no joy -- what
> else do you expect from a tool developed on/with/for C?)

Ada, Watson!

BTW, gprbuild can C. Granted, gprbuild is a big step back from gnatmake, 
but still miles ahead of make.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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