[An Introduction to GCC 学习笔记] 01 介绍GCC、发展历史

前言

• gcc是一个在开源软件世界里的顶级的编译器。
• 几乎所有的编译器，都是美国的舶来品。
• 任何一个公司要成功，一定要在开源的道路上走下去。

Objectives

After completing the lesson, you should be able to do the following:

• Learn the history and features of GCC.
• Learn the basic skills of using GCC. Learn the basic optimization of GCC.
• Learn the principle of how the compiler works.
• Using GCC by yourself after finish this training.
  参考书：
  《Expert C Programming 》
  《An Introduction to GCC》

A Brief History of GCC

• The original author of the GNU C Compiler(GCC) is Richard Stallman, the founder of the GNU Project.
• The GNU project was started in 1984 to create a complete Unix-like operating system as free software, in order to promote freedom and cooperation among computer users and programmers.
• Every Unix-like operating system needs a C ompiler, and as there were no free compilers in existence at that time, the GNU Project had to develop one from scratch.
• The work was founded by donations from individuals and companies to the Free Software Foundation, a non-profit orgnization set up to support the work of the GNU Project.
• The first release of GCC was made in 1987. This was a significant breakthrough, being the first portable ANSI C optimizing compiler released as free software.
• Over time GCC has been extended to support many additional languages, including Fortran, ADA, Java and Objective-C. The acronym GCC is now used to the “GNU Compiler Collection”. Its development is guided by the GCC Steering Committee, a group composed of representatives from GCC user communities in industry research and academia.
• The web site: http://gcc.gnu.org/