See also:

• Computers: Programming: Languages: Ada: Compilers  (24)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: C++: Compilers  (19)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: C: Compilers  (41)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: Fortran: Compilers  (30)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: Java: Development Tools: Translators  (44)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: Objective-C: Compilers and Environments  (7)
• Computers: Programming: Languages: Pascal: Compilers  (22)

• GCC: GNU Compiler Collection   - Developed by GNU project as free compiler for GNU system. Front ends: C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Ada; libraries for libstdc++, and libgcj. Mission, mail lists, timeline, contributors, committee, instructions, manual, FAQ, downloads, plans, bug reports. [Open Source, GPL]

• ACOVEA (Analysis of Compiler Options via Evolutionary Algorithm) - ACOVEA (Analysis of Compiler Options via Evolutionary Algorithm) implements a genetic algorithm to the analysis of GNU C compiler optimization flags.
• Building and Testing gcc/glibc cross toolchains - Script to automatically download, patch, build, and test binutils, gcc, and glibc cross-toolchains.
• D Front End for GCC - For GCC 3.3.x, 3.4.x versions supporting FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Cygwin. Description, build instructions, downloads, links, contact. [Open source]
• DaLSoft - Optimizer for gcc generated x86 code. Lists results of optimizations, compares performance of the optimizer-generated code with performance of the code generated by gcc and icc x86 compilers.
• distcc - A gcc wrapper that speeds compilation by transparently distributing work across several machines. [Open source, GPL]
• EGCS: Experimental GNU Compiler System - Project fused work on GNU C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, Fortran compilers, and libc++, to speed up work to improve GCC. In April 1999 was merged into general GCC effort under control of GCC steering committee. Descriptions, a few links.
• G++ FAQ - List of Frequently Asked Questions for G++ users.
• GCC & GNU Toolchain Developers' Summit - Brings together the core development team of the GNU Compiler Collection with those working on the other toolchain components to discuss the state of the art.
• GCC for the 6809 - GCC port for the Motorola 6809.
• GCC Wiki - GCC info, structure, improvements quicklinks, people, history and links.
• GCC XML Node Introspector Project - Project to create an XML interface to the GCC AST tree_nodes and store in Postgres Database.
• GHDL - A written in Ada95 GCC front-end. It is a VHDL simulator and implements nearly all VHDL87 and some features of VHDL93.
• GNU ARM - Toolchain in binary and source formats for several operating systems. Also includes reference material and links for embedded programming using the ARM CPU.
• GNU C Compiler Internals Wikibook - This is a wikibook describing internals of GNU C Compiler Collection. A number of authors have contributed to it.
• GNU Objective-C runtime features - Some notes about garbage collection and type information strings in the GNU Objective-C runtime (2.95.3 GCC version).
• GNUDE: GNU Development Environment - Suite of GNU C/C++, Fortran, Java cross compilers, and Insight/GDB debugger hosted on Windows NT/2K/XP for embedded ARM7/9, XScale CPU program development. Assembler, compilers, linker, header files, STL, libraries, documents.
• An Introduction to GCC - A printed tutorial for new users of GCC, published under the GNU Free Documentation License.
• Linux C and C++ Compilers - Medium long review compares 2 compilers, some useful tables. GCC holds its own against Intel C++, wins some benchmarks it lost before. Intel still wins some. Differences are less. [Coyote Gulch Productions]
• Making and using libraries - Guide work with libraries (.a files) in g++.
• Migrating to gcc-3.4 - A collection of migration guides to help programmers updating their code to be gcc-3.4 compatible.
• MinGW: Minimalist GNU for Windows - Compiler system uses GCC to produce Windows programs. Win32 ports of GCC, GDB, binutils to build native Win32 programs that rely on no 3rd party DLLs.
• OpenCOBOL - An experimental implementation of a COBOL frontend for GCC.
• Pentium Compiler Group - Founded late 1995 to enhance and support Pentium optimizing in GCC. GCC optimizes well, but the new x86 architecture needed different optimizing strategies. Descriptions, FAQs, downloads (source, binary), mirrors, links.
• Pinapa - An open source SystemC front-end. It relies on GCC to parse the C++, and on the SystemC library itself to extract the architecture of the platform to analyze.
• PL/1 for GCC - A PL/1 front-end for GNU Compiler Collection. It based on the syntax from IBM OS PL/I Version 2.
• RHIDE - IDE for DJGPP and other GCC-based systems, by Robert Hoehne, Salvador Eduardo Tropea. Runs on DOS, Linux, looks like old Borland DOS IDE. Has project management, frontend to GCC C/C++, syntax highlighting, integrated debugger. [Open Source, GPL]

• Writing a GCC Front End - By Tom Tromey. This article provides a tour of how you would go about connecting your own compiler front end to GCC. (April 6, 2005)
• Optimization in GCC - By M. Tim Jones. Here's what the O options mean in GCC, why some optimizations aren't optimal after all and how you can make specialized optimization choices for your application. [Linux Journal] (January 26, 2005)
• LWN: GCC gets a new Optimizer Framework - Artciel by Steven Bosscher and Diego Novillo. The first bits a major compiler internals overhaul have been merged into the development mainline of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) for inclusion in the next release. (May 12, 2004)
• First Annual GCC Developers' Summit - An opportunity for the core developers of all parts of the GNU Compiler Collection to get together with those from other portions of the Development tools community. May 25-27, 2003. (May 25, 2003)
• Optimizing GCC - How much faster can GCC compile a Linux kernel if GCC is optimized? Doing the compiler alone ups speed 33%. Description, benchmark times. [Linux Gazette] (March, 2003)
• GCC Myths and Facts - Optimizing GCC mostly for x86 CPU and C/C++, but parts can apply to all supported CPUs and languages. Many useful forum comments. [freshmeat.net] (February 15, 2003)