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    >     >       _WIN32 WIN32 __WIN32__ __MSDOS__ WINDOWS32
    >     >
    > 
    >     Gcc actually defines them.
    > 
    > Do other compilers for Windows define them too?

    Most (maybe all) Windows compilers define __WIN32__.

I figured it was something like that.  It is necessary for GCC to
define the symbol that other compilers define; the other variants are
present because GCC automatically defines all those variants.