Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 17:31:14 +0300
From: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
To: pke AT engstad DOT ingok DOT hitos DOT no, UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: MAKE (1st time using...)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> Why was the decision not to allow just any whitespace made again?  It
> seems rather arbitrary, particularly as most other programs don't care.

This (mis-)feature is in the original GNU Make code, not something invented
while porting to DOS.