Using and Porting the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)

This manual documents how to run, install and port the GNU compiler, as well as its new features and incompatibilities, and how to report bugs. It corresponds to GCC version 2.95.

1. Compile C, C++, Objective C, or Fortran		You can compile C or C++ programs.
2. GCC Command Options		Command options supported by `gcc'.
3. Installing GNU CC		How to configure, compile and install GCC.
4. Extensions to the C Language Family		GNU extensions to the C language family.
5. Extensions to the C++ Language		GNU extensions to the C++ language.
6. gcov: a Test Coverage Program		gcov: a GCC test coverage program.
7. Known Causes of Trouble with GCC		If you have trouble installing GCC.
8. Reporting Bugs		How, why and where to report bugs.
9. How To Get Help with GCC		How to find suppliers of support for GCC.
10. Contributing to GCC Development		How to contribute to testing and developing GCC.
11. Using GCC on VMS
12. GCC and Portability		Goals of GCC's portability features.
13. Interfacing to GCC Output		Function-call interface of GCC output.
14. Passes and Files of the Compiler		Order of passes, what they do, and what each file is for.
15. RTL Representation		The intermediate representation that most passes work on.
16. Machine Descriptions		How to write machine description instruction patterns.
17. Target Description Macros		How to write the machine description C macros.
18. The Configuration File		Writing the `xm-machine.h' file.
19. Makefile Fragments		Writing the `t-target' and `x-host' files.

Funding Free Software		How to help assure funding for free software.
Linux and the GNU Project

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE		GNU General Public License says how you can copy and share GCC.
Contributors to GCC		People who have contributed to GCC.

Index

Index of concepts and symbol names.