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From: jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: pre#defined cpp symbols
Message-ID: <1185@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 10:01:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 10:01:03 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Aug-87 10:47:34 EDT
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Bill Jones <bill@zaphod.UUCP> writes:

> Name	Description and availibility
> ...
> unix	Any unix

So it is clear by now, that Xenix is not unix. It does not have "unix"
defined. 

Richard Stevens <stevens@hsi.UUCP> writes:

> .. For example, 'strings /lib/cpp | grep vax' ... won't show 'vax'
> as being predefined.

Isn't there a lower limit on the number of consequetive alphanumeric
characters accepted by 'strings'? Most systems I know need at least four
characters. 

By the way - add

  vaxc  VAX/VMS C version 2 and higher. DEC is phasing out the
	"-11" postfix for most vax products. I think they want to
	forget that VAX really is a "Virtual Address Extension of
	the PDP-11"
		
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