diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/elf/SymbolSortCompare.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/elf/SymbolSortCompare.java
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.utils.elf;
+
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated This class is slated for removal, it is not used by the CDT classes
+ */
+public class SymbolSortCompare implements Comparator {
+	public int compare( Object o1, Object o2 ) {
+        String s1 = o1.toString();
+        String s2 = o2.toString();
+
+        while( s1.length() > 0 && s1.charAt( 0 ) == '_' )
+            s1 = s1.substring( 1 );
+
+        while( s2.length() > 0 && s2.charAt( 0 ) == '_' )
+            s2 = s2.substring( 1 );
+
+        return s1.compareToIgnoreCase( s2 );
+	}
+}
+