DMD build

[Walter Bright]

On 12/28/2012 7:51 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 16:30 +0100, David Nadlinger wrote:
>> DMD is actually written in C++, Walter just chose file names
>> ending in .c for some strange reason.
>
> I can understand using C++ rather than C, but (sorry Walter) naming the
> files X.c is a f###### stupid idea. The standard name strategy is one of
> X.C, X.cc, or X.cpp, for very good reasons.
>

Yeah, the standard name is .C, or is it .cc, or is it .cpp, or is it .cxx (I've 
seen that "standard" one, too), and are headers .hxx or is the standard .hpp or 
whatever.

Hell, I've even seen .c++

It's about the most non-standard "standard" I've ever encountered :-)