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[Don Groves, Jr.]

Documentation on the GNU gcc compiler:
First what's so hard about Googling for keywords:
  GNU gcc compiler documention

The first hit is:
 *GCC* online *documentation* - *GNU* Project - Free Software Foundation *
...*<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgcc.gnu.org%2Fonlinedocs%2F&ei=dOMHSLX1KYKkeLSfgdQN&usg=AFQjCNH-HrxCXi6CPAgy7Zs_9H5Mosl3Og&sig2=wO6-rnnN3D2xCA5fjOoQyg>

If what you are really looking for is how compiler work/function?
Then you might start with
 "*Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools"
    (aka "The Dragon Book") <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilers:_Principles,_Techniques,_and_Tools>

* "Compiler Design in C" by Allen I. Holub ISBN 0-13-155045-4 <
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=77624>

 At that point you might be ready for the following reading list:
 <http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pjj/cs211/list.html>

IOW The books on the subject of compiler(s) is already out there, it is just
a very complex subject matter.

--
 DonJr

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Gary Knott <knott at civilized.com> wrote:

>
> Look, for example, at the GCC compiler.  Most
> of us using it, have little idea about its
> copious controls, and even if we check
> easily-accessable documentation (man-pages)
> we still have little appreciation for
> what gcc can do, nor what the inputs and outputs
> can be - what is an .elf file, what is its
> internal format - how do we use gdb -  what are
> .so files, what are the tricks in using them, and
> so on. where are the header files?
>
> There are several books on gcc.
> The one I have is poor, and I have never seen
> a copy of the GNU foundations's book, nor a
> downloadable copy of it.
>
>
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