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makeGNU make is often one component in a larger system of tools,
including integrated development environments, compiler toolchains,
and others. The role of make is to start commands and
determine whether they succeeded or not: no special integration is
needed to accomplish that. However, sometimes it is convenient to
bind make more tightly with other parts of the system, both
higher-level (tools that invoke make) and lower-level (tools
that make invokes).