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GCC 4.8.0 Release Marks Completion of C++ Migration

Posted by Soulskill on from the gnu-and-shiny dept.

hypnosec writes "GCC 4.8.0 has been released (download), and with it, the developers of the GNU Compiler Collection have switched to C++ as the implementation language, a project the developers have been working for years. Licensed under the GPLv3 or later, version 4.8.0 of the GCC not only brings with it performance improvements but also adds memory error detector AddressSanitizer, and race condition detection tool the ThreadSanitizer. Developers wanting to build their own version of GCC should have at their disposal a C++ compiler that understands C++ 2003."

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  1. How to boot up civilization by Animats · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Shouldn't we have some book that explains how to quickly bootstrap ourselves back to current levels of civilization?

    Such information was collected in the 1950s, stored on microfiche, and copies provided to major US fallout shelters, along with a reader that only needed sunlight. I have no idea where to get that now.

    There's a classic set of books, Build Your Own Metalworking Shop From Scrap, by David Gingery, just for this purpose. The first book, Build Your Own Charcoal Foundry, starts the process. The books do assume there's plenty of metal scrap around; you're not expected to start from ore.

    Getting up to pre-WWII levels from very little can be done. Much of Europe and Japan had to do it after WWII. Although many of the skills have been lost. How many people today can operate a lathe?