[JohnFen]

There is quite a lot to love about make! I still haven't seen an alternative that is substantially better, and most are worse in one way or another.

My opinion may be a bit skewed by the fact that I write code that gets built on a variety of different platforms, though, and make is essentially universal. It lets me have a consistent build process regardless of platform.

It's also very useful for automation that isn't related to building code.