Re: [Fwd: isatty function?]

[mst]

Paul D. Smith wrote:

> Yes of course.  As I said, I was only pointing out that the specific
> examples you gave could already be performed fairly easily.
>
>
> My intention for the future is to integrate an embedded scripting
> language into GNU make.  I am not interested in inventing a whole new
> language to use with make, which is why I've avoided adding lots of new
> functions.  And an embedded scripting language will be a lot faster and
> more flexible than shell or system calls.
>
> Nevertheless I have not decided yes or no on a system function.
>
>  
Something like linking in a perl interpreter and then doing $(perl ....) ?
Sould be fairly easy ... but the syntax wont fit well with make 
(escaping every $ for perl ... hmm ...)
for this to be practical , there could be an option for make which 
specifies which character to use instead of
$ for characters?