GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection, is a tool used by nearly every embedded engineer, even those who don't target Linux. In release since 1987, supporting every processor known to man, GCC is a ...

In this article, we explore the optimization levels provided by the GCC compiler toolchain, including the specific optimizations provided in each. We also identify optimizations that require explicit ...

With the 7.1 version of the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection), released this week, the platform gets early support for the C++ 17 standard and diagnostics enhancements. The GCC 7 series differs from ...

Major release of the open-source compiler collection also includes vectorization improvements and faster compiling of very large input files. GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 15.1 has arrived with ...

On another forum a person put forward the assertion that GCC has caught up to Intel C/C++ compiler for vectorization and that Intel is even pushing their optimizations into GCC.

Now the GCC initialism stands for the GNU Compiler Collection, and the toolchain can also compile Ada, D, Go, Objective-C, and other languages.