For my operating systems computer science class we HAVE to use a C++ compiler in unix. Since I live off campus I would really rather set up my own linux box to do the work. I've never used unix/linux ...

The Linux kernel config system, Kconfig, uses a macro language very similar to the make build tool's macro language. There are a few differences, however. And of course, make is designed as a ...

This article discusses how to use GCJ, part of the GCC compiler suite, in an embedded Linux project. Like all tools, GCJ has benefits, namely the ability to code in a high-level language like Java, ...

GCC is a key component of the GNU toolchain, and it plays an important role in Linux kernel development, along with make, glibc, gdb, and so on. GCC is the default compiler of many Unix-like operating ...