Compiling Programs with gcc
The C and C++ compiler included with Linux is gcc. This compiler supports all the latest features that would be expected from a commercial compiler, including a very good code optimizer (better than some compilers costing a significant amount of money), support for ANSI C and C++, C++ templates and template classes, and the C++ Standard Template Library. The gcc compiler is part of a complete development system, including a debugger (gdb), a profiler (gprof), various code-processing tools (such as make), and the runtime library itself.
The gcc program provides a front end to several compilers and allows you to compile C, C++, and other languages from a single command. The program manages this "magic" by expecting certain ...
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