I always read the negative reviews first and usually avoid the five star ratings people are usually more truthful in the middle area.
I'm 100% new to GNU Make, and I have seen some YouTube videos of some basics. However this book within the first 10 pages alone blows any Google search or YouTube video out of the water. From learning how to change the required recipe tab character to anything you want, to how Make processes a makefile, and more granular details.
I'm not sure why the negative reviews say it's hard to understand what's going on, or hard to follow. This Reference Manual actually breaks it down for you after showing you examples. I was able to follow along easily and have no background even using GNU/Linux - GNU Make - or Programming in C.
The reason I'm not giving this a five star is not for lack of content in the Reference Manual, but the ridiculously large size of the manual. Not the worst size of a manual that doesn't fit on a shelf, but enough to stick out and say notice me here!
The inside of my manual had a few damaged pages in the front, and the cover has a few bends, but I can still use the content just not happy with that as I like to have hard copies and keep my books in great condition. I'll put the blame on transit.
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I always read the negative reviews first and usually avoid the five star ratings people are usually more truthful in the middle area.I'm 100% new to GNU Make, and I have seen some YouTube videos of some basics. However this book within the first 10 pages alone blows any Google search or YouTube video out of the water. From learning how to change the required recipe tab character to anything you want, to how Make processes a makefile, and more granular details.I'm not sure why the negative reviews say it's hard to understand what's going on, or hard to follow. This Reference Manual actually breaks it down for you after showing you examples. I was able to follow along easily and have no background even using GNU/Linux - GNU Make - or Programming in C.The reason I'm not giving this a five star is not for lack of content in the Reference Manual, but the ridiculously large size of the manual. Not the worst size of a manual that doesn't fit on a shelf, but enough to stick out and say notice me here!The inside of my manual had a few damaged pages in the front, and the cover has a few bends, but I can still use the content just not happy with that as I like to have hard copies and keep my books in great condition. I'll put the blame on transit.
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I always read the negative reviews first and usually avoid the five star ratings people are usually more truthful in the middle area.
I'm 100% new to GNU Make, and I have seen some YouTube videos of some basics. However this book within the first 10 pages alone blows any Google search or YouTube video out of the water. From learning how to change the required recipe tab character to anything you want, to how Make processes a makefile, and more granular details.
I'm not sure why the negative reviews say it's hard to understand what's going on, or hard to follow. This Reference Manual actually breaks it down for you after showing you examples. I was able to follow along easily and have no background even using GNU/Linux - GNU Make - or Programming in C.
The reason I'm not giving this a five star is not for lack of content in the Reference Manual, but the ridiculously large size of the manual. Not the worst size of a manual that doesn't fit on a shelf, but enough to stick out and say notice me here!
The inside of my manual had a few damaged pages in the front, and the cover has a few bends, but I can still use the content just not happy with that as I like to have hard copies and keep my books in great condition. I'll put the blame on transit.
I'm 100% new to GNU Make, and I have seen some YouTube videos of some basics. However this book within the first 10 pages alone blows any Google search or YouTube video out of the water. From learning how to change the required recipe tab character to anything you want, to how Make processes a makefile, and more granular details.
I'm not sure why the negative reviews say it's hard to understand what's going on, or hard to follow. This Reference Manual actually breaks it down for you after showing you examples. I was able to follow along easily and have no background even using GNU/Linux - GNU Make - or Programming in C.
The reason I'm not giving this a five star is not for lack of content in the Reference Manual, but the ridiculously large size of the manual. Not the worst size of a manual that doesn't fit on a shelf, but enough to stick out and say notice me here!
The inside of my manual had a few damaged pages in the front, and the cover has a few bends, but I can still use the content just not happy with that as I like to have hard copies and keep my books in great condition. I'll put the blame on transit.
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これ一冊で大体賄えます。
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