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May 16, 2007

GCC 4.2.0 Released

Posted: 2007-05-16 23:29:00
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GNU Compiler Collection 4.2.0 has been released. GCC is a portable compiler system including front-ends for C, C++, Java, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran and Ada, and supporting a variety of target platforms.

This release includes: OpenMP support for the C, C++ and Fortran compilers; new -fstrict-overflow, -Wstrict-overflow, and -fno-toplevel-reorder command line options; additional warnings; an overhaul of the C++ visibility handling; the removal of several deprecated C++ operators; the removal of several deprected command line options; support for the Fortran 2003 streaming IO extension; Java language support for the 32-bit HP-UX 11 target; documentation improvements; build system improvements; plus other changes and bug fixes.