With the 7.1 version of the GCC (GNU Compiler Collection), released this week, the platform gets early support for the C++ 17 standard and diagnostics enhancements. The GCC 7 series differs from ...

I doubt that the Gnu Compiler Collection (GCC) will go away any time soon. But it is notable that the 25-year old open-source initiative is facing some competition and rivalry – most notably from LLVM ...

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When the Free Software Foundation (FSF) recently returned its disgraced founder Richard M. Stallman (RMS) to its board, the FSF board hadn't reckoned with how others would see his return. Even the GCC ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

You can’t go out in public these days without seeing someone talking on the phone, listening to music, taking a digital photograph, or even watching a video. With all of these electronic devices ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. The design, integration, and deployment of embedded-system software presents many challenges related to the operating system, development environment, ...