I don't use it, but your question made me think of one: I would like to see it (mis)used as a way to bring up an operating system.
It probably will require quite a few changes, but if the /proc file system exposed running processes by name, and contained a file for each port that something listened to, one _could_ run make on that 'directory' with a makefile that describes the dependencies between components of the system.
Useful? Unlikely, as the makefile would have to describe all hardware and their dependencies, and it is quite unlikely nowadays that that is even possible (although, come to think of it, a true hacker with too much time in hand and a bit of a masochistic tendencies could probably use autotools to creative use)
It probably will require quite a few changes, but if the /proc file system exposed running processes by name, and contained a file for each port that something listened to, one _could_ run make on that 'directory' with a makefile that describes the dependencies between components of the system.
Useful? Unlikely, as the makefile would have to describe all hardware and their dependencies, and it is quite unlikely nowadays that that is even possible (although, come to think of it, a true hacker with too much time in hand and a bit of a masochistic tendencies could probably use autotools to creative use)