On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:49:02 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > Tomas Lindquist Olsen wrote: >> And if not, why is there no Linux ? This is the obvious reason for >> GDC/LDC pick the lowercase identifiers in the first place ... > > Because gcc on linux predefines "linux", not "Linux".
The way gcc does it looks like a historic legacy to me. Ported code is ported - no reasonable programmer will just remove __ and go for it. Let's focus on practical means and consistency.
