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An Introduction to GCCby Brian J. Gough, foreword by Richard M. Stallman Paperback (6"x9"), 144 pages. Revised August 2005. |
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This book has received many positive comments, including a top-rated 5-star review in Linux User and Developer Magazine:"A wonderfully thorough guide... well-written, seriously usable information" --- Linux User and Developer Magazine (Issue 40, June 2004)
"An excellent introduction... fills a much-needed niche in the marketplace" --- Association of C and C++ Users book review (Issue 16-4, August 2004)
"Answers common questions and provides many useful hints" --- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer (SUSE) -- Technical Editor
About the Book
This manual provides a tutorial introduction to the GNU C and C++ compilers, gcc and g++.
Many books teach the C and C++ languages, this book explains how to use the compiler itself. Based on years of observation of questions posted on mailing lists, it guides the reader straight to the important options of GCC!
Concisely written, with numerous easy-to-follow "Hello World" examples.
Now with extensive new sections on error messages, portability and floating point arithmetic!
Features a special foreword by Richard M. Stallman, principal developer of GCC and founder of the GNU Project.
The technical editor of this book is Dr. Gerald Pfeifer of SUSE (homepage).
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Table of Contents
- Foreword by Richard M. Stallman
- Introduction
- Compiling a C program
- Compilation options
- Using the preprocessor
- Compiling for debugging
- Compiling with optimization
- Compiling a C++ program
- Platform-specific options
- Troubleshooting
- Compiler-related tools
- How the compiler works
- Examining compiled files
- Common error messages
- Getting help
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Concept Index
Online Manuals
- The GNU Profiler Manual - an online copy of the GNU gprof manual
- GNU Binary Utilities Manual - an online copy of the GNU binutils manual
Examples
- Source code - for the examples used in the book
Support Companies
For a list of support companies and consultants see the GNU Service Directory
Development Companies
The following companies are involved in the development of GCC itself:
- Ada Core Technologies - support for GNU Ada 95, also supports GNU C for Ada customers
- ACT Europe - division of Ada Core Technologies in Europe
- CodeSourcery - provides GCC development and support to a number of major companies
Articles
- How to examine core files - a tutorial
- An Introduction to GCC - interview with the author - Brian Gough (Network Theory Ltd)
- Memory bounds-checking for GCC
- Further reading for "An Introduction to GCC"
Errata
The following errors in the first version have been corrected in the revised printing of August 2005:On page 12, regarding the reference to old compilers, the link order of object files was only an issue for libraries, not individual object files. (Thanks to Martin Leisner of Xerox)
On page 38, in an interactive shell the option -DMESSAGE="\"Hello, World!\"" should be typed as -DMESSAGE='"Hello, World!"', to prevent history expansion of !. The version in the book works in a non-interactive shell-script or Makefile. (Thanks to Mario Pernici of INFN)
Resources
- GNU Project GCC Page
- Source Navigator - GUI-based integrated development environment
- Insight - graphical interface to GDB (uses Tcl/Tk)
- DDD - graphical interface to GDB
- Una introduzione a GCC - Italian translation (unofficial) by Andrea Montagner
- Online Manual - in HTML format