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Manual terminology
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- Subject: Manual terminology
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:58:07 +0100 (BST)
Do I understand correctly that the following are correct terminology for
use in the GCC manual:
* "front end" is a noun; "front-end" is an adjective;
* "back end" is a noun; "back-end" is an adjective;
* "GCC" is the GNU Compiler Collection, both generally and in the context
of compiling C; "G++" is the C++ compiler; "gcc" and "g++" (lowercase),
appropriately marked up, are the commands for compilation when the
emphasis is on those, "GNU C" is a language dialect, and "GNU CC" is a
term that should generally no longer be used and should mostly be replaced
by GCC?
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk