Question about #pragma removal

[law@redhat.com]

In message <20020314224204.GA17535@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>, Neil Booth writes:
 > mike stump wrote:-
 > 
 > > > 1)  There is no telling what the same __attribute__ might mean to anothe
 > r
 > > > compiler
 > > 
 > > Yes, there is, survey them.  The probability is in fact zero that they
 > > have a meaning that differs from gcc.  And it is reasonably likely
 > > that it will remain that way for a long time.
 > 
 > You mean there's a compiler other than GCC that understands
 > __attribute__?
SGI's compiler -- because it's C/C++ front-end is derived from GCC.

I also wouldn't be shocked if Intel one day makes a compiler which
has attributes similar to those found in GCC.

jeff