GCC Turns 25

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Posted by timothy on Thursday March 22, 2012 @10:09AM from the old-enough-to-ethically-date dept.

eldavojohn writes "With the release of GCC 4.7.0, the venerable and stalwart constant that is the GNU Compiler Collection turns twenty five. More ISO standards and architectures supported with this release and surely more memories to come from the compiler that seems to have always been."

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Happy birthday GCC! by hamster_nz · 2012-03-22 10:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey GCC, only one slice of cake for you - you are big and slow enough at the moment (but I love you anyway).
OH NO! It's like I'm married to GCC!
1. Re:Happy birthday GCC! by beelsebob · 2012-03-22 11:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Run off with a young, pretty, thin floosy instead!
2. Re:Happy birthday GCC! by mug+funky · 2012-03-22 11:08 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  yes, you need to resolve ALL dependencies to make it work.
3. Re:Happy birthday GCC! by hamster_nz · 2012-03-22 11:28 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's best captured in words of that old "Bread" song from the 70s...
  "I want to make it with you"
Pastel compiler? by jabberw0k · 2012-03-22 10:17 · Score: 4, Funny

"I then realized that the Pastel compiler functioned by parsing the entire input file into a syntax tree..."
Is that some faded-out version of Pascal, perhaps?
Always been? Hmmpf. by bzzfzz · 2012-03-22 10:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Before GCC there were some excellent (for their day) compilers available from what was then an obscure technology company called Microsoft. There were cross-compilers for unusual platforms from Manx Software.
Kids these days. Next thing you know they'll think they invented sex.
Re:And showing every bit of its age too, apparentl by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-22 10:47 · Score: 5, Funny

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Good luck on your website.
It's hard work being a JavaScript Rockstar. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-22 11:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Your attitude makes me think that you're not a JavaScript Rockstar. Well I am, and let me tell you, it's not easy being one!
You probably only know Pearl or See Plus Plus or See Sharp or one of those other old hat langs that nobody uses any more. You also probably only write software that's Desktop Scale or maybe even Server Scale. Well that's Old Hat and it's Small Hat!
Us pros, we use JavaScript because it's the best language there is. In fast, it's so good that it's the only one I need to know. It's so fast to work with that I can create five social media applications before you even turn your compiler on! And since I use node.js my web app will scale to the Web And Beyond.
JavaScript has the best dev tools around. I hear that you guys have Visual Studios or something but we have alert(). It's like your Visual Studios but it's a lot more powerful. But we only use it for the Hard Problems because JavaScript makes it so easy to write perfect software. In fact, I haven't created a bug in almost 3 years because JavaScript is perfection and I'm thus perfection because I use JavaScript.
JavaScript is the only option today. If you're not using JavaScript, and only JavaScript, then your code is Old Hat. If your code is Old Hat then you're not a JavaScript Rockstar like me and my colleagues. And if you're not a Rockstar, then you probably shouldn't be talking about programming.
1. Re:It's hard work being a JavaScript Rockstar. by Mr+Z · 2012-03-22 23:15 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I think the appropriate response (at least for posters of a certain age) is:
  
  <madge>"You're soaking in it."</madge>
  
  --
  Program Intellivision!
Re:Thanks gcc! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-22 14:25 · Score: 5, Funny

No because that would invalidate my unsubstantiated claim.
Re:OH GOD HELP ME by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-22 15:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Remove the "\n" from your printf statement. After you graduate, make sure to tell the interviewer you want the management ladder.