Re: [dev] Special target ".POSIX" in Makefiles

From: Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:44:31 +0100

On Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:22:48 +0100
Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:

Dear Mattias,

> libzahl is my only project with a German name, and it's was called
> libzahl because the bold Z used represent the integers stands for
> Zahl, but I do have projects with names in different languages (I
> also have libskrift (Swedish), libruun (librún; Old Norse, Icelandic,
> and Faroese; this one is not published yet), radharc (Irish and
> Gaelic), and libcantara (Spanish, Protuguese, Galician, and Asturian;
> this one hasn't been published yet, and the rate it is being
> developed at it I'm doubtful it ever will be))), so giving it a
> non-English name wouldn't be out of character.

thanks for the overview.

> But I also like makel, but I will give it some more though before I
> rename it a second time.

Yeah, take your time. :) More important than the name is the code, but
under all conditions the name must contain "make" at best so it is easy
to associate.

With best regards

Laslo
Received on Sat Jan 01 2022 - 13:44:31 CET