Unless this example is compiled with '-D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS',
MSVC will warn on:

  htmltitle.cpp(153): warning C4996: 'stricmp': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated.
  Instead, use the ISO C and C++ conformant name: _stricmp. See online help for details.
  htmltitle.cpp(170): warning C4996: 'stricmp': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated.
  Instead, use the ISO C and C++ conformant name: _stricmp. See online help for details.

So IMHO it's better to use _stricmp():

--- a/htmltitle.cpp 2016-02-05 07:58:11
+++ b/htmltitle.cpp 2016-02-06 11:27:15
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 //

 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define COMPARE(a, b) (!stricmp((a), (b)))
+#define COMPARE(a, b) (!_stricmp((a), (b)))
 #else
 #define COMPARE(a, b) (!strcasecmp((a), (b)))
 #endif

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