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GCC 4.0 boosts code performance
News GCC was originally written by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) founder Richard Stallman and is the most popular compiler used by free-software developers. GCC 4.0, which was released last week, includes improvements to its optimiser, which apply...
[April 26, 2005, 13:05]
Xtoolchain
Downloads This project provides a complete binary distribution package for the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) version 2.95.3 to start embedded Linux and ARM development on the Mac OS X platform, e.g.for the Sharp Zaurus.
[March 24, 2007, 7:00]
Famed open-source compiler gets a face lift
News Indeed, GCC has spread as far as Microsoft, which ships the compiler as part of its Interix software, which enables Unix software to run on Windows computers. Now, though, because GCC accepts programs written in many other languages as well, GCC...
[June 20, 2001, 9:32]
GCC gets an overhaul
News The entire realm of open source software could get a performance boost if all goes well with a plan to overhaul the GNU Compiler Collection — more commonly known as the GCC. GCC, which stands for GNU Compiler Collection, was one of the original...
[March 15, 2005, 11:00]
IBM offers AI help to mobile developers
News Milepost GCC is a version of the popular open-source compiler developed by the EU-funded Milepost consortium, of which IBM is a member, the company said. We would.like to test Milepost GCC/cTuning tools to.optimise programs for mobile systems on...
[July 1, 2009, 17:14]
Itanium allies make open source move
News The ultimate goal is "to deliver a GCC compiler optimised to support Itanium solutions", the Alliance and Gelato Federation said in a statement. Some of the $10bn (£5.8bn) in five years that members of the Itanium Solutions Alliance are spending on...
[March 13, 2006, 8:05]
Oracle chooses Intel compilers
News Oracle's decision goes against the grain of most Linux programming today, which uses the open-source GCC compiler. But for the heart of Linux, called the kernel, it's been difficult to compile software using anything other than GCC.
[May 8, 2003, 9:34]
Apple's 'fastest PC' claim scrutinised
News Apple's tests, which were conducted by third-party testing firm Veritest, used the same GCC compiler for both machines, with the Dell boxes running the Linux operating system. Critics charge that much higher benchmarks can be achieved using the...
[June 25, 2003, 7:33]
British TV bans 'fastest' Mac G5
News Veritest used the same GCC compiler for both machines, with the Dell boxes running the Linux operating system, a move it says allows for the best comparison of hardware performance. Critics charged that higher benchmarks can be achieved using the...
[November 12, 2003, 9:50]
Wine development stifled by software patent
News Concerns about the Borland patent have prevented developers on the GCC project from adding structured exception handling (SEH) to the free software compiler. From a long term perspective, this is a problem because it means GCC is not even an option...
[May 13, 2005, 10:05]
Dangerous flaw in Lib CGI
News All in all, I consider the sources of this compiler problem to be credible and am recommending that anyone using C compilers, especially GCC, take a serious look at this reported risk, since it could pose a security threat to the work of any C...
[December 17, 2002, 11:14]
Linux: A chipmaker's best friend
News The Intel compiler is fine for some, but most Linux developers use GCC , known more for its support of many languages and chips than for its optimisation for any particular technology. The Linux compiler for Hammer is "pretty much done", Malone...
[September 3, 2001, 8:41]
GBASDK
Downloads Consisting of patched versions of the cross-compiler gcc, binutils, and newlib. Unofficial Gameboy Advance Software Development Kit. Patches contributed by Jason Wilkins. Includes the Socrates Gameboy Advance Development Environment, along with a...
[October 7, 2002, 8:00]
Apple Developer Tools
Downloads This GCC updater includes the new GCC 3.3 compiler in addition to other updates that will allow development of G5 optimized code with the December 2002 Mac OS X Developer Tools.
[September 16, 2003, 8:00]
Dev-C++
Downloads It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as its compiler. Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It creates native Win32 executables, either console or GUI.
[February 25, 2005, 7:00]
Developers squashing GCC 4.0 bugs
News Programmers are working to debug and speed performance of the newly released GCC 4.0, the compiler at the foundation of the open source and free-software movements. Lead programmer Mark Mitchell released GCC 4.0 on 22 April, and it includes a new...
[May 9, 2005, 17:25]
Accelerating One of the World's Fastest Databases
White Papers The MySQL AB engineers benchmarked code compiled by the GNU C Compiler (GCC) and the Intel C++ Compiler for Linux on Pentium 4 and Itanium 2 processor-based systems. Because of the versatility of the Intel C++ Compiler, the MySQL AB engineering...
[December 14, 2004, 23:00]
Will new chip perk up embedded Red Hat?
News The software includes the GCC compiler, the crucial utility that converts people's programs written in high-level languages into instructions the chip can understand. GCC, like Linux, is an open-source project, meaning that anyone can use, change...
[February 14, 2002, 9:08]
Intel announces 64-bit compatible compiler
News And even though open-source programmers overwhelmingly prefer the GCC compiler -- itself an open-source project -- Red Flag Linux and the MySQL database use it, Reinders said. Our code works at least as well as any other compiler for AMD's processors.
[October 4, 2004, 9:15]
Intel offers programming tools for Linux
News However, the standard compiler most Linux programmers use is GCC, recently upgraded to version 3.0. Compilers are key to making sure programs can take advantage of a chip's new features, such as those that distinguish the Pentium 4 from its...
[August 23, 2001, 8:58]
