dmd 1.043 alpha for FreeBSD 7.1

[Jacob Carlborg]

Walter Bright wrote:
> 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/

If you follow what's normally written in the official literature and 
documentation shouldn't it be "MacOSX" then?

> 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.

It depends on what documentation you read. 
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/index.html
In this documentation "Darwin" is all over the place.

> 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.)
> 

And can't we just have all the version identifiers in lowercase.