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		cmcginty on Jan 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Task – A simple build tool written in Go Please forgive me, but how is this easier to use than make? I see a lot of these "reimplement tool X in language Y" projects, but what is the point if it's not actually solving the problem better. Just looking at the link it seems to resemble Ant which also started with similar design goals.

TeddyDD on Jan 20, 2019 [–]

I'm not sure about task but I use Just [1] - it's similar program. It's nice way to collect commands you often run in given project.

Make is build system, with strong focus on building C program. It has clunky syntax and many quirks. Just is just taks runner ;)

[1]: https://github.com/casey/just

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