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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Machine and system identification
Message-ID: <1938@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 19:31:24 EST
Article-I.D.: mmintl.1938
Posted: Mon Jan 19 19:31:24 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 22:27:20 EST
References: <2144@brl-adm.ARPA> <5497@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1258@ho95e.UUCP>
Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <1258@ho95e.UUCP> wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs HO 2G202) writes:
>... why not let
>_sys_ and _machine_ be preprocessor variables, leading to
>	#define	_sys_	SysVR2
>	#define	_machine_	u3b2
>and
>	#if _machine_ = vax
>instead of
>	#ifdef _mach_vax

Sounds good to me, but if you're going to spell out "machine", why not spell
out "system", too?  Either _system_ and _machine_, or _sys_ and _mach_,
would be fine with me; but mix and match offends my sensibilities.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108