[FFmpeg-devel] ICC version checks

[Måns Rullgård]

Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:

> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> writes:
>>
>>> M?ns Rullg?rd <mans <at> mansr.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Do previous icc versions lie about the gcc compatibility?
>>> They always lie about gcc compatibility by claiming the version of
>>> the system compiler at installation time.
>> How ridiculous of them.  With that being that case, what purpose does
>> the icc version check serve, given that the accompanying gcc version
>> check is totally bogus in this case?
>
> Why do all web browsers see fit to mention "Mozilla" in their
> User-Agent strings?

Because a long, long time ago, some web servers would serve really
primitive pages to user agents not calling themselves Mozilla,
assuming these were NCSA Mosaic or something even older.  Basically,
Mozilla is a synonym for non-Mosaic.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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