[oclug] gcc stuff

[Gilles J. Seguin]

Brad Barnett wrote:
> 
> Anyone have a good suggestion for a book that will assist me with gcc?  I have
> several languages under my belt, I just need something to point out the
> differences, that can also double as a good reference book.

Brad,

Could you be a little more specific,
gcc can refer to GNU C language compiler.
GCC to GNU Compiler Collection

Look at following paragraphs in the info about gcc
* C Extensions::    GNU extensions to the C language family.
* C++ Extensions::  GNU extensions to the C++ language.

You can refer also to the cpp(C pre-processor) info.

Some incompatibilities may also appear if using version 2.9[56].
The pre gcc version 3.0 and the futur reference.

Options for for compilation are listed with
$ gcc --help	# partial listing
$ gcc -v --help		# the long thing

Thing to try, info request
$ gcc -print-search-dirs
$ gcc -print-libgcc-file-name

The incompatibilities are mainly in template, where I would like also
to have report of differences.