The definitive guide to GCC : [everything you need to know about using the GNU Compiler Collection and related tools

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) offers a variety of compilers for a variety of programming languages, including C, C++, Java, Fortran, and Ada. The Definitive Guide to GCC, Second Edition, has been revised to reflect the changes made in the most recent major GCC release, version 4. Providing in-depth instruction to GCC's enormous array of features and options, and introducing crucial tools such as autoconf, gprof, and libtool, beginners and experts alike will appreciate using this book as both a guide and reference for years to come. However this book goes well beyond a general introduction, introducing key programming techniques, such as profiling and optimization that when used in conjunction with GCC's advanced features can greatly improve application performance. Also, in order to account for the growing popularity of GCC's other language compilers, the second edition has been expanded to provide coverage for C++, Java, Fortran and Ada. Newly expanded and revised, The Definitive Guide to GCC, Second Edition will prove to be an invaluable resource for both students seeking to become further acquainted with this crucial developer's tool as well as for experts who use GCC on a daily basis. This book, The Definitive Guide to GCC, is about how to build, install, customize, use, and troub- shoot GCC version 4.x. GCC has long been available for most major hardware and operating system platforms and is often the preferred family of compilers. As a general-purpose set of compilers, GCC produces high-quality, fast code. Due to its design, GCC is easy to port to different architectures, which contributes to its popularity. GCC, along with GNU Emacs, the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, the Sendmail mail server, and the BIND DNS server, are showpieces of the free software world and proof that sometimes you can get a free lunch. Why a Book About GCC? I wrote this book, and you should read it, for a variety of reasons: it covers version 4.x; it is the only book that covers general GCC usage; and I would argue that it is better than GCC’s own documen- tion. You will not find more complete coverage of GCC’s features, quirks, and usage anywhere else in a single volume. There are no other up-to-date sources of information on GCC, excluding GCC’s own documentation. GCC usually gets one or two chapters in programming books and only a few pa- graphs in other more general titles.

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) offers a variety of compilers for different programming languages including C, C++, Java, Fortran, and Ada. The Definitive Guide to GCC, Second Edition has been revised to reflect the changes made in the most recent major GCC release, version 4. Providing in-depth information on GCC’s enormous array of features and options, and introducing crucial tools such as autoconf, gprof, and libtool, this book functions as both a guide and reference.

This book goes well beyond a general introduction to GCC and covers key programming techniques such as profiling and optimization that, when used in conjunction with GCC’s advanced features, can greatly improve application performance. This second edition will prove to be an invaluable resource, whether youre a student seeking familiarity with this crucial tool or an expert who uses GCC on a daily basis.

* Expanded and revised in light of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) 4 release in April 2005, this book offers detailed coverage of GCC's somewhat daunting array of options and features and includes several chapters devoted to its support for languages like C, C++, Java, Objective-C, and Fortran. * Though targeting beginner and intermediate developers, this book goes well beyond basic compiler usage, combining instruction of GCC's advanced features and utilities (authconf, libtool, and gprof) with key coding techniques, such as profiling and optimization to show how to build and manage enterprise-level applications. * This is an enormous market. GCC is the defacto compiler collection for hundreds of thousands of open source projects worldwide, a wide variety of commercial development projects, and is the standard compiler for academic programs. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) offers a variety of compilers for different programming languages including C, C++, Java, Fortran, and Ada. Providing in-depth information on GCCUs enormous array of features and options, and introducing crucial tools such as autoconf, gprof, and libtool, this second edition functions as both a guide and reference. Provides information on the features and functions of GCC, covering such topics as compiling Fortran applications, using GCC's Java compiler, optimizing code, using Autoconf and Automake, and using alternate C libraries.