GCC

The {GNU} {C} {compiler} by {Richard Stallman} et al. A very

high quality, very portable compiler for {C}, {C::} and

{Objective C}. The compiler is designed to support multiple

{front-end}s and multiple {back-end}s by translating first

into {Register Transfer Language} and from there into

{assembly code} for the target architecture. Front ends for

{Ada}, {Pascal} and {Fortran} are under development.

GNU C is a superset of {K&R C} and {ANSI C}. The extensions

include compound statement within an expression, pointers to

labels, local labels, nested functions, {typeof} operator,

compound and conditional expressions and casts allowed as

lvalues, long long ints, {array}s of variable length, {macro}s

with variable number of arguments, nonconstant initialisers,

constructor expressions, labelled elements in initialisers,

case ranges, variable attributes, {global register variable}s.

Version: 2.5.7. Distributed under {GNU} {General Public

License}. Ported to {3b1}, {AMD 29k}, {AIX385}, {DEC Alpha},

{Altos3068}, {Amix}, {ARM}, {Convex}, {CRDS}, {Elxsi},

{FX2800}, {FX80}, {Genix}, {HP320}, {Clipper}, {Intel 80386} -

{MS-DOS}, {ISC}, {SCO}, {SysV.3}, {SysV.4}, {Mach}, {BSD},

{Linux}, {MS Windows}, {OS/2} - {Iris}, {i860}, {i960},

{Irix4}, {68000}, {Motorola m88k} {SvsV.3}, {MIPS}-news,

{mot3300}, {NeXT}, {NS32K}, {NWS3250}-v.4, {HP-PA}, {PC532},

{Plexus}, {Pyramid}, {ROMP}, {RS/6000}, {SPARC}-{SunOs},

{SPARC}-{Solaris2}, {SPARC}-{SysV}.4, {SPUR}, {Sun386},

{Tahoe}, {TOW}, {Umpis}, {VAX}-{VMS}, {VAX}-{BSD}, {WE32K},

{Hitachi}-{SH}, {Hitachi}-{8300}.

{dsp56k-gcc} is {Motorola}'s port to the {Motorola}

{DSP56000}.

{FTP} gcc-2.X.X.tar.gz from your nearest {GNU archive site}.

{MS-DOS (ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/djgpp/)}. Mailing

list: gnu.gcc.help. E-mail: gnu.gcc.bug (bug reports),

gnu.gcc.announce (announcements).

["Using and Porting GNU CC", R.M. Stallman, 1992-12-16].

(1993-11-27)