dmd 1.043 alpha for FreeBSD 7.1

[Walter Bright]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Now works for FreeBSD 7.1!
> 
> Nice!
> 
> But is there a particularly good reason for disregarding version identifiers 
> already established by gdc and ldc?
> 
> freebsd vs FreeBSD, darwin vs OSX

FreeBSD is how it is normally written in the official FreeBSD 
literature, such as : http://www.freebsd.org/

Also, gcc on FreeBSD predefines __FreeBSD__

Clearly, FreeBSD is the term preferred by the FreeBSD community.

The Mac OSX documentation does not refer to it as darwin, it normally 
refers to it as OSX. You have to work hard to find any references to 
darwin on the Apple web site. Nevertheless, "darwin" is predefined for 
legacy compatibility on the Mac dmd compiler.

I was concerned that people would see "darwin" support and wonder what 
that is. OSX is an order of magnitude better known and associated with 
Apple. Macs are not called "darwins". I suspect we'd get real tired of 
saying "yes, darwin really means OSX."

(As an aside, back in the 80's the ubiquitous and famous Wordstar 
program was produced by Micropro. Nobody could ever remember the company 
name. After many years of people assuming that Wordstar was made by 
Wordstar Inc. and fruitlessly trying to find Wordstar Inc., Micropro 
finally wised up and changed their name to Wordstar Inc.

Also, note that most bands put out their first CD as a self-titled one.)