Re: [Mingw-users] gfortran static libraries

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Samuel Halliday wrote:
> On 26 Aug 2013, at 12:26, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Samuel Halliday wrote:
>>>
>>> That is true, but don't you agree that it is unusual to use gfortran to link objects that are language independent? I much rather use the gcc front-end which is language agnostic.
>>>
>>
>> That is not true.  GCC is much language agnostic and is bent toward providing C.
>
> Aah, so for the command, the "GCC" stands for "GNU C Compiler" and not "GNU Compiler Collection" ? ;-)
>

That depends on the context in which it is used.  GCC is the Gnu C
Compiler when used on the command line to compile C.  It is the GNU
Compiler Collection when talking broadly about all of the compilers.
The acronym just happens to fit both.

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/History

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