With the 7.1 version of the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection), released this week, the platform gets early support for the C++ 17 standard and diagnostics enhancements. The GCC 7 series differs from ...

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You can’t go out in public these days without seeing someone talking on the phone, listening to music, taking a digital photograph, or even watching a video. With all of these electronic devices ...

I doubt that the Gnu Compiler Collection (GCC) will go away any time soon. But it is notable that the 25-year old open-source initiative is facing some competition and rivalry – most notably from LLVM ...

This article discusses how to use GCJ, part of the GCC compiler suite, in an embedded Linux project. Like all tools, GCJ has benefits, namely the ability to code in a high-level language like Java, ...

The latest version of the LLVM 3.5 compiler infrastructure, version 3.5, is now available for download as it faces potential competition from the up-and-coming version 5 of the GCC (GNU Compiler ...

I will start this post by admitting I have no idea where to start...<BR><BR>I am starting a C++ class which hasn't given us specifics on what compiler to use - I think it is assumed that most will use ...

LONDON — A C language compiler developed by basestation processor developer PicoChip Ltd. (Bath, England) has been accepted as an official port for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The compiler is ...

The Linux kernel config system, Kconfig, uses a macro language very similar to the make build tool's macro language. There are a few differences, however. And of course, make is designed as a ...