Using GCC: The GNU Compiler Collection Reference Manual for GCC 3.3.1 [Paperback]

Richard M. Stallman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003

The definitive reference manual for the most widely used compiler in the world, written by the program's original author and its current developers. The GNU Compiler Collection is a full-featured ANSI C compiler with support for C, C++, Objective C, Java and Fortran as well as libraries for all these languages, such as libstdc++ and libgcj.

This book covers:

* The complete list of GCC command options.

* All the Objective-C runtime features.

* GCC support for C and C++ language standards.

* Extending C and C++ beyond the current standards.

* Special features of GCC's C, C++, and ObjC support.

* Fine tuning programs for your platform of choice.

This reference is intended for intermediate or above programmers. It assumes that the reader is already familiar with the basics of either C, C++ or Objective C languages. This edition of the book covers new features included with GCC version 3.3, while remaining compatible with earlier versions.

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About the Author

Richard M. Stallman is the original author of GCC and this manual. He is the founder of the Free Software movement and Project GNU. He was recently awarded the 2001 Takeda Award for Techno-Entrepreneurial Achievements in Social/Economic Well-Being. He also co-wrote the GNU Press' Debugging with GDB and GNU Make manuals.

The GCC developer community has been improving GCC since its first release in 1987. They are a world-wide community of individuals and companies dedicated to developing GCC into a world-class optimizing compiler, able to run on a wide variety of systems. It is a diverse community of free software enthusiasts who develop libraries, documentation, test cases, optimization techniques and continuously expand architecture support for GCC.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Free Software Foundation; Manual edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882114396
• ISBN-13: 978-1882114399
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,839,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gcc now handles key set of languages, July 28, 2004

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This review is from: Using GCC: The GNU Compiler Collection Reference Manual for GCC 3.3.1 (Paperback)

Given the the author of this book wrote the original gcc, and has been closely involved with its development in the intervening years, you can safely regard the book as definitive.

Stallman clearly is writing for someone already familiar with C. Very little of your time is wasted by wading through elementary material.

When I first used gcc years ago, it was just that: strictly for compiling C programs. But Stallman and other developers have dramatically expanded the scope. Now, the book describes how gcc can handle a key set of languages - the original (ANSI) C, C++, Fortran and Java. The set of C, C++ and Fortran probably spans most engineering and scientific legacy applications. Terrific value!

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was looking for, January 8, 2011

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This review is from: Using GCC: The GNU Compiler Collection Reference Manual for GCC 3.3.1 (Paperback)

Over half of the manual was a descrition of the many command line parameters. If I were using it in a unix environment or developing my own GUI interface for it, it would be useful. Otherwise...