Why is the ABI for structs different between Linux and Windows?

[Walter Bright]

Robert Fraser wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> The struct ABI is designed to be compatible with the C struct behavior 
>> for the local C compiler.
> 
> Is it possible to just use this behavior for extern(C) structs while 
> structs with D linkage use the Windows behavior on Linux, too?

Why do that? You can control the layout with the align attribute, if 
need be.