makefile and indian weddings

transcript of a tech chat by a friend- how a makefile compares to a indian wedding

(14:42:32) Wes McCullough: went to a full Hindu wedding this weekend
(14:42:39) Wes McCullough: the program was long
(14:42:45) Wes McCullough: it reminded me of a Makefile
(14:42:47) Wes McCullough: lots of steps
(14:43:19) viral shah: :-)!
(14:43:29) viral shah: wasn't your wedding a full hindu wedding?
(14:43:38) Wes McCullough: the minimum full wedding
(14:43:41) Wes McCullough: only an hour
(14:43:43) Wes McCullough: this one was like 3
(14:43:44) viral shah: mine was spread over 3 days!
(14:43:46) Wes McCullough: nice
(14:43:50) viral shah: actully 2.5 days
(14:44:00) Wes McCullough: yeah, I hear that's how it works in India
(14:44:09) Wes McCullough: they opened the buffet during the ceremony
(14:44:13) viral shah: different 'functions' in each day...
(14:44:26) Wes McCullough: so I guess they don't care about people paying attention as much
(14:44:45) viral shah: you are actually right about it resembling a make file... except that you are running make clean several times to ensure that you both are pure... :-)
(14:44:53) Wes McCullough: exactly
(14:45:06) Wes McCullough: gave me the idea to do a Hindu version of the "starting a server" twiki
(14:45:18) Wes McCullough: first you run "make clean" to invoke Ganesh to remove all obstacles
(14:45:44) Wes McCullough: then after the server is up, you run the seven queries
(14:46:01) viral shah: hmmmm, each has a different 'handler' eh?
(14:46:11) Wes McCullough: perhaps
(14:46:19) Wes McCullough: each ensures a different type of prosperity for the server
(14:46:30) Wes McCullough: one query would ensure that the server has many healthy children running