Makefiles
-  Tools like ant and make allow the automatic processing of dependencies 
 
-  Dependencies are specified in a special file 
 
-  Elements of a Makefile may include
	
	-  Variable definitions 
 
	-  Rules for suffixes  
 
	-  Dependencies 
 
	-  Target build instructions 
 
	-  Pseudo-targets 
 
	-  Auto-generated dependencies 
 
	-  Procedural specifications