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 title:  Make
 author: Christian Külker
-date: 2023-02-24
-version: 0.1.0
+date: 2023-03-31
+version: 0.1.1
 locale: en_US
 lang: en
 type: title
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-Compiling software, or building software, is a process that is done over and
-over again, so build automation is one of the earliest tasks in software
-development. Introduced in 1976, Make is a powerful tool that builds executable
-programs and libraries from source code by reading a file called a `Makefile`.
-The `Makefile` is the receipt that tells make what to compile and its
-dependencies.
+Compiling software, or building it, is a process that is done over and over
+again, making build automation one of the earliest tasks in software
+development. Introduced in April 1976 by Stuart Feldman at Bell Labs, Make
+was first used internally.
+
+Over time, Make became a widely used tool for software developers, making it
+easier to manage complex software projects. However, the original
+implementation of Make was limited in its ability to handle file dependencies
+and limited in the abilitt to handle more complex build processes.
+
+The Free Software Foundation developed 'GNU make', which expanded
+on the capabilities of the original `make` program.
+
+GNU make was released under an open source license, which allowed developers to
+modify and redistribute the code freely. This is discussed in the history of
+[the GNU project](https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html).
+
+The popularity of Make led to the creation of many alternative implementations,
+including BSD Make (`pmake`, `bmake`, `fmake`), Microsoft `nmake`, Sun's
+distributed `dmake`, and others. I also influenced [Apache
+Ant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Ant) in 2000, Rake, MSBuid and many
+others.
+
+Today, `make` continues to be widely used in software development, particularly
+in the Unix and Linux communities. Its popularity can be attributed to its
+simplicity, flexibility, and open-source nature.
+
+Most Make frameworks are based on two parts: a program, often called `make`,
+and a control file, sometimes called `Makefile`, which together build
+executable programs and libraries from source code by reading the file called
+`Makefile`.  The `Makefile` is the receipt that tells make what and how to
+compile and its dependencies.
 
 - [GNU make](GNU-Make/make.md)
+
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+## History
+
+| Version | Date       | Notes                                                |
+| ------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| 0.1.1   | 2023-03-31 | Improve writing, add more content                    |
+| 0.1.0   | 2023-02-24 | Initial release                                      |
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