dmd 1.043 alpha for FreeBSD 7.1

Tue Apr 14 19:47:37 PDT 2009

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.