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Date:	Tue, 1 May 2001 22:28:50 -0700
From:	Enoch Wu <ewu AT eskimo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: gcc/ansi question
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On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 12:48:34AM -0400, Charles S. Wilson wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> anything without an underscore?  I wonder if gcc is just wrong in defining
> WIN32 and WINNT.

On the pragmatic side, whatever is working carries more weight than mere
consistency. Consistency is a goal but design that meets the spec. is the
final goal.

> 
> So even MS is inconsistent. (Actually, that's not much of a surprise, is
> it?)
> 
> --Chuck

Same comment as above.

EW 

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