Plug-In Architecture On the Way For GCC

VonGuard writes "This year marks the 25th anniversary of the GNU Operating System. A major part of that system has always been the GNU Compiler Collection. This year, some of the earliest bits of GCC also turn 25, and yet some of the collection's most interesting years of growth may still be ahead. The GCC team announced today that the long-standing discussion over how to allow plug-ins to be written for GCC has been settled. The FSF and the GCC team have decided to apply the GPL to plug-ins. That means all that's left is to build a framework for plug-ins; no small task to be sure. But building this framework should make it easier for people to contribute to the GCC project, and some universities are already working on building windows into the compilation process, with the intent of releasing plug-ins."

Comments

Re:So why do I want plugins in my complier?

[Nimey]

Spell check.

Re:So why do I want plugins in my complier?

[Hatta]

So you can watch trippy visualizations while you compile.

Re:I thought GCC

[Professional Slacker]

Emacs, in fact it's Emacs all the way down.