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GNU Compiler Collection

optimizing compiler produced by the GNU Project, key component of the GNU tool-chain and standard compiler for most projects related to GNU and the Linux kernel.
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GNU Compiler Collection

Summary

GNU Compiler Collection is an optimizing compiler[1]. It draws 1,266 Wikipedia views per month (optimizing_compiler category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • GNU Compiler Collection received the Programming Languages Software Award[3].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's image is recorded as GCC 11.1.0 compiling Chicken screenshot.png[4].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's instance of is recorded as optimizing compiler[5].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's instance of is recorded as GNU package[6].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's instance of is recorded as free software[7].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's maintained by is recorded as Richard Biener[8].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's maintained by is recorded as Jakub Jelínek[9].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's movement is recorded as free software movement[10].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's logo image is recorded as GNU Compiler Collection logo.svg[11].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's developer is recorded as GNU Project[12].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's GND ID is recorded as 4294848-4[13].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[14].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1[15].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[16].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[17].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[18].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as BSD[19].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as macOS[20].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[21].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[22].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's operating system is recorded as MINIX 3[23].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's software version identifier is recorded as 5.1.0[24].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's software version identifier is recorded as 5.2.0[25].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's software version identifier is recorded as 5.3.0[26].
  • GNU Compiler Collection's software version identifier is recorded as 4.9.3[27].

Body

Publication

GNU Compiler Collection's part of is recorded as GNU toolchain[28].

Subject and Themes

GNU Compiler Collection's movement is recorded as free software movement[10].

Reception

GNU Compiler Collection received the Programming Languages Software Award[3].

Why It Matters

GNU Compiler Collection draws 1,266 Wikipedia views per month (optimizing_compiler category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did GNU Compiler Collection receive?

Honors received include Programming Languages Software Award[3].

Related Entities

BSD C++ cross-platform D _FORTIFY_SOURCE Fortran free software GENERIC GNU GnuCOBOL GNU Compiler for Java GNU Fortran GNU Project Go Joël Brobecker macOS Microsoft Windows MINIX 3 Objective-C Richard Stallman Unix-like operating system

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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved . gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . directory.fsf.org. Retrieved . directory.fsf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . sigplan.org. Retrieved . sigplan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved . gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved . gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved . gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. Retrieved . gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . gcc.gnu.org. gcc.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Debian source package → gcc-defaults, gcc-14, gcc-13 +4
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    Copyright license → GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
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