Why does make echo every command it runs to the screen?

[Jason Spiro]

Why does make, by default, echo every command it runs to the screen?

Wouldn't it be better if it did not, and instead gcc echoed the full
pathname of all files that caused errors or warnings while compiling?

Sounds to me such a way would be more in tune with the old Unix
philosophy of commands not displaying any output to the screen unless
there's a problem.

Please CC me,
Jason

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