Machine and system identification

[Frank Adams]

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
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