🐍 Why not generating `make`s help in Python?

Makefile

 
 SERVER_OUTPUT = $(TARGET_SERVER_OUTPUT) # user@server.url:/path/to/website
 
+# See https://daniel.feldroy.com/posts/autodocumenting-makefiles
+define PRINT_HELP_PYSCRIPT # start of Python section
+import re, sys
+
+output = []
+# Loop through the lines in this file
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    # if the line has a command and a comment start with
+    #   two pound signs, add it to the output
+    match = re.match(r'^([a-zA-Z_-]+):.*?## (.*)$$', line)
+    if match:
+        target, help = match.groups()
+        output.append("\033[36m%-10s\033[0m %s" % (target, help))
+# Sort the output in alphanumeric order
+output.sort()
+# Print the help result
+print('\n'.join(output))
+endef
+export PRINT_HELP_PYSCRIPT # End of python section
+
 .PHONY: install
 install: ## Install the dependencies to build the website
 	python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 .PHONY: help
 help:
-	@grep -h -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+	@python -c "$$PRINT_HELP_PYSCRIPT" < $(MAKEFILE_LIST)