> I don't know how many hours the author has spent/wasted
> on this topic
The author, John Graham-Cumming, has been extremely active on the GNU Make mailing list, is the author of the "GNU Make Standard Library" of supplemental functions for Make, has written at least 2 books on GNU Make, and has developed commercial products that integrate with GNU Make (namely, "Electric Make").
That is to say: He is one of the world experts on GNU Make.
I'm confident that he did this more "for fun" than because he actually wanted to get the number of jobs.
Do you know if this person hangs out in IRC? I asked this precise question 10 days ago in #emacs, and I was curious to see my precise question answered, almost the way I phrased it.
That is to say: He is one of the world experts on GNU Make.
I'm confident that he did this more "for fun" than because he actually wanted to get the number of jobs.