Makefile Books for Grad School: Find Before Fall

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around finding a suitable book on Makefiles for a graduate student preparing for the upcoming fall semester. The focus is on resources that can aid in learning to create Makefiles, particularly in a Linux environment, as the participant transitions from using an IDE.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • chroot expresses a need for a specific Makefile book from a series published by O'Reilly, describing its visual characteristics.
  • Warren provides a link to a book that matches chroot's description, suggesting it may be the one they are looking for.
  • chroot confirms the book suggested by Warren and inquires about its effectiveness and whether there are better alternatives for learning Makefiles.
  • Warren shares their experience, indicating that they have not created very complex Makefiles and typically rely on command line resources for information.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best resource for learning Makefiles, as chroot seeks further opinions on alternatives while Warren shares a more limited personal experience.

Contextual Notes

chroot's inquiry is based on their specific needs for compiling projects involving rendering, N-body simulations, and parallel processing, which may influence the suitability of the recommended book.

Who May Find This Useful

Graduate students transitioning to Linux who are looking for resources on Makefiles, particularly those involved in computational projects.

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chroot: i read in another thread that you don't use ides. Maybe you can help me, I'm looking for a makefile book before I start grad school this fall. I normally use vc6 but since i got to start remembering to use linux, i need to learn to make my own makes.

The book I'm looking for is part of a series of books that look the same(i think the publisher is oreilly, tiger symbol). The series has a white background with a colored region for the title area(i think the makefile one is brown/maroon).
Any help you can give me finding this book or a better makefil book would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance, neuro
 
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chroot: Yes I think that's the book thank you very much. Have you used it before? Is there a better book to learn from or will this book suffice.
I will be compiling in linux, the project will involve rendering, N-body, Parallel.
 
I dunno. I haven't made any really, really complex Makefiles, so, normally, everything I need can be found by typing `info make` at the command line. :wink:

- Warren
 

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