Machine and system identification
Frank Adams
franka at mmintl.UUCP
Tue Jan 20 10:31:24 AEST 1987
In article <1258 at ho95e.UUCP> wcs at 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
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