GNU Compiler Collection

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.[4][5]

GNU Compiler Collection
Developer(s)GNU Project
Initial releaseMay 23, 1987 (1987-05-23)[1]
Stable release
13.1[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 April 2023; 8 May 2023; 29 May 2023 (26 April 2023; 8 May 2023; 29 May 2023)
Repository
Written inC with some parts written in C++
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformGNU
TypeCompiler
LicenseGPLv3+ with GCC Runtime Library Exception[3]
Websitegcc.gnu.org

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

Languages

GCC supports compiling the following programming languages:[6]

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

References
  1. "GCC Releases". GNU Project. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. "GCC 13.1 Released". 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. "GCC Runtime Library Exception". Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. "GCC Development Mission Statement". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 1999-04-22. Retrieved 2021-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "History - GCC Wiki". gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. "GCC Front Ends". Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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