Contributions to the GNU Compiler Collection.(Gnu's Not UNIX)

From: IBM Systems Journal | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Edelsohn, D.; Gellerich, W.; Hagog, M.; Naishlos, D.; Namolaru, M.; Pasch, E.; Penner, H.; Weigand, U.; Zaks, A. | 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 complier's key components were, and continue to be, developed at IBM Research laboratories. We review several of IBM's contributions to...

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