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-@c Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
-@c 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@c This is part of the GCC manual.
-@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
-
-@node G++ and GCC
-@chapter Programming Languages Supported by GCC
-
-@cindex GCC
-@cindex GNU Compiler Collection
-@cindex GNU C Compiler
-@cindex Ada
-@cindex Fortran
-@cindex Java
-@cindex Objective-C
-@cindex Objective-C++
-@cindex treelang
-GCC stands for ``GNU Compiler Collection''. GCC is an integrated
-distribution of compilers for several major programming languages. These
-languages currently include C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java,
-Fortran, and Ada.
-
-The abbreviation @dfn{GCC} has multiple meanings in common use. The
-current official meaning is ``GNU Compiler Collection'', which refers
-generically to the complete suite of tools. The name historically stood
-for ``GNU C Compiler'', and this usage is still common when the emphasis
-is on compiling C programs. Finally, the name is also used when speaking
-of the @dfn{language-independent} component of GCC: code shared among the
-compilers for all supported languages.
-
-The language-independent component of GCC includes the majority of the
-optimizers, as well as the ``back ends'' that generate machine code for
-various processors.
-
-@cindex COBOL
-@cindex Mercury
-@cindex Pascal
-The part of a compiler that is specific to a particular language is
-called the ``front end''. In addition to the front ends that are
-integrated components of GCC, there are several other front ends that
-are maintained separately. These support languages such as Pascal,
-Mercury, and COBOL@. To use these, they must be built together with
-GCC proper.
-
-@cindex C++
-@cindex G++
-@cindex Ada
-@cindex GNAT
-Most of the compilers for languages other than C have their own names.
-The C++ compiler is G++, the Ada compiler is GNAT, and so on. When we
-talk about compiling one of those languages, we might refer to that
-compiler by its own name, or as GCC@. Either is correct.
-
-@cindex compiler compared to C++ preprocessor
-@cindex intermediate C version, nonexistent
-@cindex C intermediate output, nonexistent
-Historically, compilers for many languages, including C++ and Fortran,
-have been implemented as ``preprocessors'' which emit another high
-level language such as C@. None of the compilers included in GCC are
-implemented this way; they all generate machine code directly. This
-sort of preprocessor should not be confused with the @dfn{C
-preprocessor}, which is an integral feature of the C, C++, Objective-C
-and Objective-C++ languages.