On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 7:39 AM Johannes Schindelin wrote: > I have no intention of flaming anybody. That is simply a > misrepresentation. you may see yourself "through a glass darkly", but i dont. this language is not constructive: > > - pc-windows > > - pc-win > > - win > > I find all of those horrible. one windows triplet in use is "x86_64-pc-windows", used by Rust: https://forge.rust-lang.org/other-installation-methods.html which is how i came about my suggestions - again they arent great but they arent misleading as "Win32" is. > It is a long established convention to talk about the Win32 API as the set > of functions developed for Windows NT and backported to Windows 95. > > There is no benefit in abandoning that convention just to please you. Quoting from Wikipedia (emphasis mine): > The **Windows API**, informally **WinAPI**, is Microsoft's core set of > application programming interfaces (APIs) available in the Microsoft Windows > operating systems. The name **Windows API** collectively refers to several > different platform implementations that are often referred to by their own > names (for example, **Win32** API) and: > Microsoft eventually changed the name of the then current **Win32** API family > into **Windows API**, and made it into a catch-all term for both past and > future API versions. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_API and quoting directly from Microsoft: > The **Windows API** can be used in all Windows-based desktop applications, and > the same functions are generally supported on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. http://docs.microsoft.com/windows/desktop/apiindex/api-index-portal So again, "Win32" refers specifically to the old 32-bit only version of the API, while: - windows-api - win-api - winapi refer to the current version. > If you want to change something that has been in use for a long time, you > have to have good reasons. None of your arguments convinces me so far that > you have any good reason to change these. i am certainly not interested in convincing you. i figured you wouldve gleaned this from the fact that i removed you from the CC. Nevertheless, see above links. > If anyone truly cares about an issue to be fixed, I would expect more > assisting, and less distracting, to do wonders. hmm: - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXSJU5bC_D1Q_gCWqKG7mcdcAvRkiYzano-VsrRRxazDQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXmJ1YKiTF17b=ZfkM3HtJCNkvVMQNU=riW8R42VLid_Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWByGC+B_XdDiJwounoPgMAsMq=EuOSx9bdV-f5vQUhnA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLXCEeZdkCXT+-0n=Fn7_=Nz5cm+6xr0w-cd6B1om028uA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLU3dsCabgYKnD9c7iWZcXx1cfO3tisJ7r0dNjiiTHk1mA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWBSD5coxqbyRN_d9B1e4AA-Q6VQ7iRo8BPuhBKDicMRQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLX4jU7+i1W1A_Q1LpPFa1D4FYVPW5rcMnqr_tDHEJn+tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAXzdLWtDw09umyr23qZkv2jQ6_mTeFXbktgb-f6S2w6Zf1Egg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
