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-[Backronym
] for "[GNU] [Compiler] Collection
", a collection of compilers for [C], [C++], [Fortran] etc. The compilers aim to be first and foremost standards-compliant and correct. This differs from other compilers many of which are developed by commercial companies and specialised to show off their hardware or software.
+Originally an
[Acronym
] for "[GNU] [C
] [Compiler]", now
a [Backronym] for "[GNU] [Compiler] Collection".
+
+A
collection of compilers for [C], [C++], [Fortran] etc. The compilers aim to be first and foremost standards-compliant and correct. This differs from other compilers many of which are developed by commercial companies and specialised to show off their hardware or software.
[Java] support (GCJ) is a new and not yet robust.
The [Compiler] that the [Linux] kernel is normally built with and the one that ships as standard on most [GNU]/[Linux] systems.
See also: [http://gcc.gnu.org/] (not http://www.gcc.org), gcc(1), cpp(1), as(1), ld(1) and gdb(1)
