GCC Can Now Be Worked On In C++
Posted by Michael Larabel on May 30, 2010
The Free Software Foundation and GCC Steering Committee have now decided that it's okay and permitted to write code for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) within C++. Up to this point, C has been the preferred language for working on GCC.
While C++ can now be used within GCC, it's still to be decided what C++ features the developers can use within the language when working on this free software compiler. C++98 is the expected standard that will be allowed within the GCC code-base, but the programming language's features and libraries are still being decided on amongst developers.
This announcement that C++ can now be used in GCC itself can be found on the GCC mailing list.
While C++ can now be used within GCC, it's still to be decided what C++ features the developers can use within the language when working on this free software compiler. C++98 is the expected standard that will be allowed within the GCC code-base, but the programming language's features and libraries are still being decided on amongst developers.
This announcement that C++ can now be used in GCC itself can be found on the GCC mailing list.
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