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<blockquote><i>make has been a prerequisite to build ...</i></p>
<p>Perhaps you are reacting to the word "inherently"? I think that might have been a bit too strong, as it implies unsolvability. It is a solvable portability problem, though not necessarily for a novice and not necessarily for all users on a system....</p>
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Nope. Consider
<ul><li>[http://deps.cpantesters.org/depended-on-by.pl?dist=ExtUtils-MakeMaker|ExtUtils-MakeMaker is used by 5156 distributions]
<li>[http://deps.cpantesters.org/depended-on-by.pl?dist=Module-Build|Module-Build is used by 1557]</ul>
If the intent is to inform, its best to remain factual when touching upon a subject, its better than the alternative :)
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