Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:08:23 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Douglas Rupp <drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: .c vs .C vs .cc
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On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Douglas Rupp wrote:

> A problem arises with various DOS utilities which return filenames in all
> uppercase, so if one uses these to automatically generate compilation 
> scripts, the wrong compiler gets called.  It's not so much an issue with .c
> and .C as it is with .ADB and .ADS.  Gcc doesn't recognize these as Ada
> units at all.
> 
> I propose submitting a request to change the comparison code in gcc to
> make it case insensitve, as it already does for OS/2.

Why not use the -x LANGUAGE option to GCC to force it into calling the 
right compiler?  Seems like much easier solution to me.