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I didn't see my option on the list. My dislike for the abomination that makefiles are made of knows no bounds. Most of the languages above I can avoid (I simply don't use the languages I don't like), but I curse every time I have to open a makefile, because I know how painful it's going to be.

(makefiles are turing complete, so I think it qualifies as a programming language)

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There's a great story I heard years ago about makefile syntax. As I recall it: Stu Feldman, who invented 'make' at Bell Labs in the early days of Unix, realized fairly quickly that the syntax was a disaster. He decided not to try to fix it, though, because he already had ten users.

I'll upvote your makefile suggestion :)

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