From: drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu (Douglas Rupp)
Message-Id: <199607151446.HAA12082@june.cs.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: .c vs .C vs .cc
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 07:46:10 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: drupp AT cs DOT washington DOT edu, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960715110602.13316L-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Jul 15, 96 11:08:23 am
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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.
> 

Easier than what?  Getting a modification approved by the FSF? :-)  As someone
pointed out though, .S/.s would be a problem under my proposal.