3 GCC distilled
Abstract: The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)1 is a collection of compilers for various programming languages. GCC has been developed within the GNU Project2. Here we discuss how to employ GCC in order to compile, link, debug, and organize C and C++ programs.
3.1 General information
GCC is a free software and the standard compiler for Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems.
3.1.1 Supported languages
The compilation process is divided into two phases. During the first phase (the front end), a compiler analyzes a source code and converts it into internal instructions in the form of an abstract tree that is independent from languages and processors. During the second phase (the back ...
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