From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk   
      
   In article <10dv52b$3gq3j$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Richard Heathfield   wrote:   
      
   >$time make -j $(nproc)   
      
   Eww.  How does make distinguish between j with an argument and   
   j with no argument and a target?   
      
   $ make -j a   
   make: *** No rule to make target 'a'. Stop.   
   $ make -j 3   
   make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.   
   $ make 3   
   cc     3.c   -o 3   
      
   That's a really bad idea.   
      
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