https://livesys.se/tags/gnu-make/ Recent content in Gnu Make on Living Systems_ Hugo en-us Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:46:00 +0100 https://livesys.se/posts/the-problem-with-make-for-scientific-workflows/ Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:46:00 +0100 https://livesys.se/posts/the-problem-with-make-for-scientific-workflows/ <h2 id="selection_131png"><p class="image"> <img src="selection_131.png" alt="" /> </p> </h2> <h2 id="the-workflow-problem-solved-once-and-for-all-in-1979">The workflow problem solved once and for all in 1979?</h2> <p>As soon as the topic of scientific workflows is brought up, there are always a few make fans fervently insisting that the problem of workflows is solved once and for all with <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GNU make</a> , written first in the 70&rsquo;s :)</p> <p>Personally I haven&rsquo;t been so sure. On the one hand, I know the tool solves a lot of problems for many people. Also, there is something very attractive about buildling on a tool that you can be sure will be available on more or less every unix-like operating system, for decades to come.</p>