Detect gcc as opposed to msvc / clang with macro

by 
__GNUC__
__GNUC_MINOR__
__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__

These macros are defined by all GNU compilers that use the C preprocessor: C, C++, Objective-C and Fortran. Their values are the major version, minor version, and patch level of the compiler, as integer constants. For example, GCC 3.2.1 will define __GNUC__ to 3, __GNUC_MINOR__ to 2, and __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ to 1. These macros are also defined if you invoke the preprocessor directly.

Also:

__GNUG__

The GNU C++ compiler defines this. Testing it is equivalent to testing (__GNUC__ && __cplusplus).

Source

Apparently, clang uses them too. However it also defines:

__clang__
__clang_major__
__clang_minor__
__clang_patchlevel__

So you can do:

#ifdef __GNUC__
    #ifndef __clang__
...

Or even better (note the order):

#if defined(__clang__)
....
#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
....
#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
....

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