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SubjectRe: why test for "__GNUC__"?
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> > since (as i understand it) the linux kernel *requires* gcc these
> >days, what is the point of the numerous preprocessor tests of the
> >form:
>
> ICC is said to work too.

ah, i was not aware of that. but does that mean that ICC is (or will
be) *officially* supported? or does it just *happen* to work at the
moment with no guarantees of future compatibility?

rday

p.s. is there, in fact, any part of the kernel source tree that has a
preprocessor directive to identify the use of ICC? just curious.
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