Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

GCC 4.0.0 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the funrolled-loops dept.

busfahrer writes "Version 4.0.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection has been released. You can read the changelog or you can download the source tarball. The new version finally features SSA for trees, allowing for a completely new optimization framework." The changelog is pretty lengthy, and there's updates for every language supported from Ada to Java in addition to the usual flavors of C.

17 of 680 comments (clear)

  1. Lisp? by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but does it have a Common Lisp compiler yet?

    1. Re:Lisp? by jm92956n · · Score: 5, Funny
      every language supported from Ada to Java

      From A to J. Lisp starts with an L.

      Therefore, according to the summary... no.

      --
      An effective signature identifies a particular user amongst a base of thousands.
  2. debian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    i wonder when debian sid will integrate GCC 4.0...

    1. Re:debian by alehmann · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pretty much, yeah.

  3. Re:Moving fast by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was a version 3?

  4. Trees by goodbadorugly · · Score: 4, Funny
    The new version finally features SSA for trees,

    So I guess its pretty safe to say that this release is for the birds

    *ducks*

  5. Why? by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 4, Funny
    of the 2.95 -> 3.0 transition.

    Did you not get pleasure out of things being errors in 3.0 that weren't even warnings in 2.95?

    I'm sure all the contractors loved it! ;)

    GCC motto: "What code can we break today?

  6. *chuckle* by fr2asbury · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see my Gentoo box sweating now all nervous for the night I get a little drunk and decide to see how this gcc 4 thing works out. heh heh heh.

  7. Re:works great! by Foxxz · · Score: 4, Funny

    It looks like you used it to recompile your kernel or pppd program too!

    -foxxz

  8. Re:Moving fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, it came with Slackware 5 and 6.

  9. Something fun with compiling... by phoenix.bam! · · Score: 5, Funny

    and no gentoo users commenting on how they've already recompiled their entire system with the new optimizations. Or maybe they're just waiting for some free resources to open a browser.

  10. Screenshots? by mrcrowbar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screenshots anyone? ;)

    1. Re:Screenshots? by Herr_Nightingale · · Score: 4, Funny

      check OSnews.com for the screens. apparently it's not user-friendly enough yet, and the fonts aren't spaced correctly. Expect eugenia's appraisal and some "how it should be done" mockups shortly.

  11. Re:gcc -v on Fedora 4 test 2 by no-karma-no-worries · · Score: 5, Funny


    > gcc version 4.0.0 20050405 (Red Hat 4.0.0-0.40)

    aren't they supposed to release a broken 3.96 first???

  12. Re:Misplaced blame by Screaming+Lunatic · · Score: 4, Funny
    Blame the standards committee, not the GCC maintainers.

    Insightful? Jesus eff-ing Christ. Now the slashbots don't like standards. I bet you wouldn't be presenting the same argument if this discussion was about the transition from MSVC 6.0 to 7.0/7.1.

  13. Re:Misplaced blame by Mancat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mechanic: Sir, your car is ready.

    Customer: Thanks for fixing it so quickly!

    Mechanic: We didn't fix it. We just brought it up to standards. Oh, by the way, your air conditioning no longer works, and your rear brakes are now disabled.

    Customer: Uhh.. What?

    Mechanic: That's right. The standard refrigerant is now R-134A, so we removed your old R-14 air conditioning system. Also, disc brakes are now standard in the autmotive world, so we removed your drum brakes. Don't drive too fast.

    Customer: What the fuck?

    Mechanic: Oh, I almost forgot. Your car doesn't have airbags. We're going to have to remove your car's body and replace it with a giant tube frame lined with air mattresses.

    --
    hello dear sirs my name is jamesh i are india (bihar) can u guide me install red had linux 9?
  14. Re:works great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I'm amazed that the NO CARRIER joke can be mode so often, and always get modded funny.

    It doesn't always get modded fun&@^4-- NO CARRIER