Contributions to the GNU Compiler Collection.(Free Software Foundation goals for the operating system)

From: IBM Systems Journal | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

The GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) project of the Free Software Foundation has resulted in one of the most widespread compilers in use today that is capable of generating code for a variety of platforms. Since 1987, many volunteers from academia and the private sector have been working to continuously improve the functionality and quality of GCC. Some of the compiler's key components were, and continue to be, developed at IBM Research laboratories. We review several of IBM's contributions to the compiler, including a code generator for the IBM zSeries[R] processor and a front end for a ...

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