Can you find out which compiler was used to compile a program?

Question

Given an executable that is compiled from C to run on Solaris, is it possible to determine which compiler was used to compile the associated incomplete executable?

I can

Answer 1

Visual Studio and GCC typically follow different startup routines (which call main). That maybe a hint. I don't know about others though. For dlls, can't think of something similar off the top of my head.