[Python-Dev] Evaluated cmake as an autoconf replacement

[Greg Ewing]

Steve Holden wrote:

> Isn't it strange how nobody every complained about the significance of
> whitespace in makefiles: only the fact that leading tabs were required
> rather than just-any-old whitespace.

Make doesn't care how *much* whitespace there
is, though, only whether it's there or not. If
it accepted anything that looks like whitespace,
there would be no cause for complaint.

-- 
Greg