History of GCC

	Revision 6 . . (edit) December 13, 2001 3:20 am by (logged).35.241.xxx [streamline first paragraph]
	Revision 5 . . December 9, 2001 8:18 pm by Matthew Woodcraft [Clarify status of Chill and Ada]
	Revision 4 . . December 9, 2001 7:10 pm by Taw [ada, chill]
	Revision 3 . . December 9, 2001 10:53 am by Matthew Woodcraft [Add detail, list of front ends]
	Revision 2 . . (edit) June 29, 2001 11:39 pm by (logged).16.232.xxx

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Changed: 1c1

GCC is the GNU compiler. Originally, it stood for "GNU C Compiler", but it now handles many different programming languages and was renamed "GNU Compiler Collection".

GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection. Originally, it stood for "GNU C Compiler", but it now handles many different programming languages besides C.

Changed: 5c5

The compiler currently includes front ends for:

As of version 3.0, the compiler includes front ends for:

Removed: 11,12d10

* Ada (see GNAT?) * CHILL? (what's current state of this?)

Changed: 14c12,16

It can produce code to run on many different processors and operating systems.

A front end for CHILL? was previously included, but has been dropped due to lack of maintenance. A front end for Ada (GNAT?) is available separately, and will be included with GCC in version 3.1. GCC can produce code to run on many different processors and operating systems.