Re: are the builtin functions really builtin

[Paul D. Smith]

%% address@hidden writes:

  yi> are the functions that make has builin - are really built in or
  yi> they use the shell or other processes ?

The make builtin functions are really built in.  They do not call any
other processes.  Well, the $(shell ...) function obviously invokes a
subshell, but all other functions are implemented inside make itself.

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