GNU Compiler Collection

GNU Compiler Collection
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Developer(s)	GNU Project
Initial release	May 23, 1987; 38 years ago
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Written in	C with some parts written in C++
Engine
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	GNU
Type	Compiler
License	GPLv3+ with GCC Runtime Library Exception
Website	gcc.gnu.org

The GNU Compiler Collection (also known as GCC) is a free software compiler written as part of the GNU project. It originally only compiled C code into machine language, however, now many frontends have been created to allow it to compile other languages.^[3]^[4]

As well as being the compiler for GNU, it is used by many other projects, most notably many Linux-based operating systems.

Languages[change]

GCC supports compiling the following programming languages:^[5]

C (using the original gcc frontend.)
C++ (g++ frontend)
Objective-C
Objective-C++
Fortran
Ada
Go (gccgo frontend)

References[change]

↑ "GCC Releases". GNU Project. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
↑ "GCC Runtime Library Exception". Retrieved July 24, 2020.
↑ "GCC Development Mission Statement". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 1999-04-22. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
↑ "History - GCC Wiki". gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
↑ "GCC Front Ends". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

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[release-history-1] "GCC Releases". GNU Project. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

[2] "GCC Runtime Library Exception". Retrieved July 24, 2020.

[3] "GCC Development Mission Statement". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 1999-04-22. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[4] "History - GCC Wiki". gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.

[5] "GCC Front Ends". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

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