Wimax

An Introduction to GCC
for the GNU Compilers gcc and g++ Revised and updated

Brian Gough Foreword by Richard M. Stallman

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Second printing, August 2005 (1/8/2005). Revised and updated. First printing, March 2004 (7/3/2004). Published by Network Theory Limited. 15 Royal Park Bristol BS8 3AL United Kingdom Email: info@network-theory.co.uk ISBN 0-9541617-9-3 Further information about this book is available from http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/intro/ Cover Image: From a layout of a fast, energy-efficient hardware stack.(1) Image created with the free Electric VLSI design system by Steven Rubin of Static Free Software (www.staticfreesoft.com). Static Free Software provides support for Electric to the electronics design industry. Copyright c 2004, 2005 Network Theory Ltd. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being “A Network Theory Manual”, and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. (a) The Back-Cover Text is: “The development of this manual was funded entirely by Network Theory Ltd. Copies published by Network Theory Ltd raise money for more free documentation.”
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“A Fast and Energy-Efficient Stack” by J. Ebergen, D. Finchelstein, R. Kao, J. Lexau and R. Hopkins.

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Table of Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A brief history of GCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major features of GCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming in C and C++ . . . . . . . . . . . . ....