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Be Aware of the Makefile Effect

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431 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dvh ◴[11 Jan 25 09:24 UTC] No.42664554[source]▶
Most of my simple C projects have make.sh instead that has something like:

    clear
    gcc some options -o foo && ./foo
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chikere232 ◴[11 Jan 25 09:38 UTC] No.42664604[source]▶
You might benefit from make, as you wouldn't need a full rebuild every time, or have to spell out every step.
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1. bigpingo ◴[11 Jan 25 16:44 UTC] No.42667018[source]▶
For C and C++* projects under ~100k lines I wouldnt bother with incremental builds - I have a 70k C project with a single translation unit that builds in under 1s on my machine.

* C++ requires some discipline to not explode build times, but it can be done if you dont go nuts with templates and standard headers.