GCC 9.1 Released As Huge Compiler Update With D Language, Zen 2, OpenMP 5, C++2A, C2X

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GCC 9.1 Released As Huge Compiler Update With D Language, Zen 2, OpenMP 5, C++2A, C2X

GNU Compiler Collection 9.1 was released today with a D language front-end joining the family while on the back-end is now the long-awaited Radeon GCN GPU target (although not too useful in its current form), Intel Cascadelake support, initial AMD Zen 2, C-SKY CPU support, OpenRISC CPU support, and many other features throughout this massive open-source compiler...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GCC-9.1-Compiler-Released

[tildearrow]

Typo:

and a variety of other optimizations in trying to ensurebetter generated code.

[hubicka]

I bit about LTO and IPA work on GCC 9 is here

http://hubicka.blogspot.com/2019/05/gcc-9-link-time-and-inter-procedural.html

[JakubJelinek]

Some other blog posts about GCC 9:

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/03/08/usability-improvements-in-gcc-9/

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/04/12/understanding-when-not-to-stdmove-in-c/

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2019/03/19/whats-new-in-openmp-5-0/

[Ironmask]

Kind of surprised at the inclusion of D, I thought nobody used it. I've never even seen a project written in D.

[fuzz]

Kind of surprised at the inclusion of D, I thought nobody used it. I've never even seen a project written in D.

I thought so too, but just checked this page and was surprised.

https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html

https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix

[pegasus]

Still waiting for streaming stores support that greatly help with memory bound codes ...

[ms178]

I bit about LTO and IPA work on GCC 9 is here
http://hubicka.blogspot.com/2019/05/...rocedural.html

Thanks for that good read! As for the upcoming Tumbleweed release, is Chromium built with GCC LTO + PGO, too?

[sdack]

Kind of surprised at the inclusion of D, I thought nobody used it. I've never even seen a project written in D.

Does a new programming language first require millions of Facebook Followers and Instagram Likes before it doesn't surprise you?!

It's a new programming language. It first needs a good tool chain before it can find a wide use.

[flashmozzg]

Does a new programming language first require millions of Facebook Followers and Instagram Likes before it doesn't surprise you?!

It's a new programming language. It first needs a good tool chain before it can find a wide use.

D is not new though. It will soon be 18 years old. It's as old as C# and older than Scala.