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Great post! I really needed some explanation about the basics of Make.
I have one question: in the section about “Pattern Rules” there is this rule

# Use CC to link foo.o + bar.o into 'program'
program: $(OBJ_FILES)
	$(CC) -o $@ $<

I am not 100% sure, but shouldn’t it be like this (with the “$^” automatic variable so that it takes all the prerequisites)?

# Use CC to link foo.o + bar.o into 'program'
program: $(OBJ_FILES)
	$(CC) -o $@ $^
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