What's the "cc" in compilers stand for?

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JoshK (Posted 2007) [#1]

I would guess "C Compiler" but non-C compilers use the same suffix.

Warren (Posted 2007) [#2]

Code compiler? Cross compiler? Carrot cake?

rdodson41 (Posted 2007) [#3]

The original cc stood for "C Compiler". gcc stands for "GNU Compiler Collection" as it is pretty much a front end for many different compilers. There are others but I can't think of them right now.

Dreamora (Posted 2007) [#4]

g++, c++, fortran - to name the "main compilers" of GCC (on linux at least. Windows side can be taken as "skip it" as it is quite outdated and even loses against borland ... against MS compilers its a good joke until MingW is updated to use GCC 4 and BM updated to use a anywhere next to current version. MingW 3.1 uses a several years old version)