GCC 4.8.0 Release Marks Completion of C++ Migration

hypnosec writes "GCC 4.8.0 has been released (download), and with it, the developers of the GNU Compiler Collection have switched to C++ as the implementation language, a project the developers have been working for years. Licensed under the GPLv3 or later, version 4.8.0 of the GCC not only brings with it performance improvements but also adds memory error detector AddressSanitizer, and race condition detection tool the ThreadSanitizer. Developers wanting to build their own version of GCC should have at their disposal a C++ compiler that understands C++ 2003."

Congrats to the poster and editor

[Anonymous Coward]

For not using the word "dog food" in the summary.

All right,

[Anonymous Coward]

This should be in the Debian repositories by the end of the decade.

Re:chicken or egg?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hexadecimal? You kids and your newfangled contraptions. Back in my day, we had to use BINARY, and we were always running out of 1's so we had to take the 0's to the blacksmith and have them cut down and straightened before we could use them.

Re:chicken or egg?

[smittyoneeach]

My supervisor held the hickory switch while I was manning the AN/UYK-7. Manfully.

Yessssss!

[Greyfox]

Now! Witness the power of this FULLY OPERATIONAL C++ Compiler! Muahahahahahaha! Erm... damn it... what's the flag for debug symbols again?

Re:chicken or egg?

[wonkey_monkey]

Screw that. I'm going to continue pulling people up on this one irregardless.

Re:Congrats to the poster and editor

[K. S. Kyosuke]

For not using the word "dog food" in the summary.

This isn't Microsoft, so that would be more like "cat food" - FLOSS developers are more like cats (they're difficult to Hurd, or how you spell it).

Re:Nice new feature

[drinkypoo]

A new general optimization level, -Og, has been introduced. It addresses the need for fast compilation and a superior gangsta experience while providing no need to use an AK.

It sounds like today was a good day.

Re:GCC vs. CLang

[Anonymous Coward]

blows were landed, they both got tired, and now they're at the neighborhood watering hole
telling the story for the fourth time in increasingly slurred words

Linux kernel is moving to C++

[csumpi]

Linus seems rather impressed by the quality and performance of GCC 4.8.0. From google+:

"All these years I might have been wrong about c++. I've decided to migrate the whole kernel to c++. Sorry to all the folks whom I called morons for not using c. From this point on only c++ patches will be accepted."

Re:chicken or egg?

[wonkey_monkey]

Which begs the question of why you felt the need to post, thus bringing us full circle.