From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: I: gcc ... -U_WIN32 ... may cause problems
3 Sep 1998 19:38:25 -0700
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To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc) wrote:

> 
> Below is documentation that comes with VC++ 5.0.  See table 1.2 for 
> Microsoft specific predefined macros.
> 

[ .... ]
> 
> 
> Table 1.2 Microsoft-Specific Predefined Macros 
> 
> __cplusplus
> 
> Defined for C++ programs only.
> 
 
 [ ... ]

> 
> 
> _MSC_VER
> 
> Defines the compiler version. Defined as 1100 for Microsoft Visual C++™ 5.0. Always defined.
> 
> 
> _WIN32
> 
> 
> Defined for applications for Win32®. Always defined. 
> 

I think you are confusing the term "Microsoft specifc predefined macros"
with "these macros are only defined for Microsoft compilers". I've plucked
3 out of the list, and 2 of those are defined by *every* C++ compiler 
for W95/NT.

The only MS compiler specific macro among these 3 is _MSC_VER, which GNU
does not and will not define.

Regards
Mumit


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