make

Summary

make is a standard UNIX utility or command^[1]. make ranks in the top 3% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• make's image is recorded as GNU Make 4.3 screenshot.png^[3].
• make's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command^[4].
• make's instance of is recorded as scripting language^[5].
• make's instance of is recorded as off-side rule language^[6].
• make's instance of is recorded as build system^[7].
• make's instance of is recorded as programming language^[8].
• make's developer is recorded as Stuart Feldman^[9].
• make's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 176684165^[10].
• make's GND ID is recorded as 4334388-0^[11].
• make's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92090404^[12].
• make's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[13].
• make's designed by is recorded as Stuart Feldman^[14].
• make's operating system is recorded as Q11368^[15].
• make's has use is recorded as software build^[16].
• make's has use is recorded as build automation^[17].
• +1976-04-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of make^[18].
• make's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z^[19].
• make's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017ws5^[20].
• make's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/make.html^[21].
• make's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 005.13^[22].
• make's readable file format is recorded as Makefile^[23].
• make's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/makefile^[24].
• make's different from is recorded as Make^[25].
• make's different from is recorded as GNU Make^[26].
• make's different from is recorded as NMAKE^[27].

Body

Publication

make's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z^[19].

Cultural Impact

Things named for make include CMake^[28], a build system^[29], founded in 2000^[30] and GNUstep Makefile Package^[31], a free software^[32].

Why It Matters

make ranks in the top 3% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (297 views/month).^[2] make has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] make is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for make include CMake^[28], a build system^[29], founded in 2000^[30] and GNUstep Makefile Package^[31], a free software^[32].