GCC 4.0.0 Released

busfahrer writes "Version 4.0.0 of the GNU Compiler Collection has been released. You can read the changelog or you can download the source tarball. The new version finally features SSA for trees, allowing for a completely new optimization framework." The changelog is pretty lengthy, and there's updates for every language supported from Ada to Java in addition to the usual flavors of C.

Lisp?

[ari_j]

Yeah, but does it have a Common Lisp compiler yet?

debian

[Anonymous Coward]

i wonder when debian sid will integrate GCC 4.0...

Re:Moving fast

[ari_j]

There was a version 3?

works great!

[k4_pacific]

I've already downloaded it and used it to recompile Firefox and I must say that gf@fd@k3nl&
NO CARRIER

Trees

[goodbadorugly]

The new version finally features SSA for trees,

So I guess its pretty safe to say that this release is for the birds

*ducks*

Re:i'm having horrible flashbacks...

[whovian]

Keep your hands inside the moving vehicle.

Just over a week ago Fedora Core 3 got its gcc4 package. Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as it's a supported gcc version *cough*2.96*cough*

Why?

[Mr. Underbridge]

of the 2.95 -> 3.0 transition.

Did you not get pleasure out of things being errors in 3.0 that weren't even warnings in 2.95?

I'm sure all the contractors loved it! ;)

GCC motto: "What code can we break today?

*chuckle*

[fr2asbury]

I can see my Gentoo box sweating now all nervous for the night I get a little drunk and decide to see how this gcc 4 thing works out. heh heh heh.

Re:works great!

[NanoGator]

"I've already downloaded it and used it to recompile Firefox and I must say that gf@fd@k3nl&
NO CARRIER"

So... what.. did you have FireFox open while trying to compile it?

Re:works great!

[Foxxz]

It looks like you used it to recompile your kernel or pppd program too!

-foxxz

Re:Moving fast

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, it came with Slackware 5 and 6.

get it while it's hot

[cstacy]

Hurry up and download your copy now, before the price goes up!

Re:Lisp?

[jm92956n]

every language supported from Ada to Java

From A to J. Lisp starts with an L.

Therefore, according to the summary... no.

Something fun with compiling...

[phoenix.bam!]

and no gentoo users commenting on how they've already recompiled their entire system with the new optimizations. Or maybe they're just waiting for some free resources to open a browser.

Re:debian

[alehmann]

Pretty much, yeah.

Screenshots?

[mrcrowbar]

Screenshots anyone? ;)

Re:gcc -v on Fedora 4 test 2

[no-karma-no-worries]

> gcc version 4.0.0 20050405 (Red Hat 4.0.0-0.40)

aren't they supposed to release a broken 3.96 first???

Re:Misplaced blame

[Screaming Lunatic]

Blame the standards committee, not the GCC maintainers.

Insightful? Jesus eff-ing Christ. Now the slashbots don't like standards. I bet you wouldn't be presenting the same argument if this discussion was about the transition from MSVC 6.0 to 7.0/7.1.

Re:Misplaced blame

[Mancat]

Mechanic: Sir, your car is ready.

Customer: Thanks for fixing it so quickly!

Mechanic: We didn't fix it. We just brought it up to standards. Oh, by the way, your air conditioning no longer works, and your rear brakes are now disabled.

Customer: Uhh.. What?

Mechanic: That's right. The standard refrigerant is now R-134A, so we removed your old R-14 air conditioning system. Also, disc brakes are now standard in the autmotive world, so we removed your drum brakes. Don't drive too fast.

Customer: What the fuck?

Mechanic: Oh, I almost forgot. Your car doesn't have airbags. We're going to have to remove your car's body and replace it with a giant tube frame lined with air mattresses.

Re:Autovectorization

[Anonymous Coward]

What OO.org really needs is a parallelized vectorized optimized supersized linker.

Re:Wishing you could shoot the dog

[BurnFEST]

That game was gold. And I too wish you could shoot the dog.

Re:Moving fast

[ConceptJunkie]

According to Slashdot users, I'm funny, insightful and interesting! So why aren't girls all over me?

'Cause we (the people who find you funny, insightful and interesting) are pasty couch potatoes just like you. ;-)

Re:Moving fast

[smokeslikeapoet]

Mine was Gentoo 1.4, by the time I had it compiled it was 2004.3. Talk about a time warp.

Re:Moving fast

[Bradee-oh!]

>Consider me slow.

Done.

Re:Moving fast

[InvalidError]

Or...

"And next time I get mod points, you will also be overrated, redundant, flamebait and a troll."

Re:works great!

[Anonymous Coward]

placebo is a wonderful thing

Re:Moving fast

[Billly Gates]

Debian user?

Re:Screenshots?

[Herr_Nightingale]

check OSnews.com [osnews.com] for the screens. apparently it's not user-friendly enough yet, and the fonts aren't spaced correctly. Expect eugenia's appraisal and some "how it should be done" mockups shortly.

Re:i'm having horrible flashbacks...

[__aahlyu4518]

... kind of removes the "boy" from "cowboys" ...

Which results in..... cows :-)

Re:Is anyone else curious what SSA trees are?

[ZephyrXero]

Great...now I have to wait for GCC 4.2 :P

Re:i'm having horrible flashbacks...

[den_erpel]

Which results in..... cows :-)

I'm hoping for a mutation into GNUs :-P

Re:works great!

[Anonymous Coward]

> I'm amazed that the NO CARRIER joke can be mode so often, and always get modded funny.

It doesn't always get modded fun&@^4-- NO CARRIER

Re:GCC 4.0's biggest winner is probably KDE

[Taladar]

The slow part of KDE is the compile time...

Re:Misplaced blame

[Screaming Lunatic]

Blame the standards committee, not the GCC maintainers.

Insightful? Jesus eff-ing Christ. Now the slashbots don't like standards. I bet you wouldn't be presenting the same argument if this discussion was about the transition from MSVC 6.0 to 7.0/7.1.

Funny? Jesus eff-ing Christ. When did pointing out the hypocricy of slashdot group think become funny? I don't get which part of my original statement is funny.

Re:Lisp?

[tchernobog]

Oh, no!
Still no support for LOGO, then!
I've been waiting it for *years*!

Re:Screenshots?

[peterpi]

gcc: no input files

Re:GCC 4.0's biggest winner is probably KDE

[Anonymous Brave Guy]

The slow part of KDE is the compile time...

Damn. You have to compile it? No wonder mine hasn't loaded yet...

Re:Moving fast

[Capt James McCarthy]

Dude, this is the PC days, as we prefer the term "physically uninterested" as opposed to "couch potato."

the most important question

[SQLz]

Does this new GCC have a transparent background?

Re:"Paltry" is probably a poor choice of words

[halivar]

Mac OS X itself is compiled with GCC 4.

Amazing, considering it was just released. Maye Jobs has missed his true calling as a purveryor of time machines?

Re:Moving fast

[stitch]

According to Slashdot users, I'm funny, insightful and interesting! So why aren't girls all over me?
Ah, sorry about that. I'll lend you one when I'm finished.

Re:Slow code?

[Anonymous Coward]

That someonebody is me. Yes, the binaries from 4.0.0 compared to 3.4.3 are very very.