Developments in the GCC world

As GCC nears its 4.4 release, there are a number of criteria that need to
be met before it can be released. Those
requirements—regressions requiring squashing—have been met, but
things are still stalled. A number of issues were
raised with the changes to the
runtime library
exemption
that have caused the
release, and a branch that will allow new development into the GCC tree, to
be delayed until that is resolved. Click below, subscribers only, for a
look at this issue along with some other GCC features and projects.