GCC 4.7.4 release 6

The RISC OS GCCSDK developers are pleased to announce the GNU Compiler
Collection version 4.7.4 RISC OS release 6, which is now available for
download.

This release updates GCC 4.7.4 release 5 with the latest improvements
and bug fixes.

The changes include

- Improve shared library loading speed.
- Shared memory improvements
- Add support for running statically linked binaries that contain PIC
- mmap implementation
- include/paths.h: New header. This header is common on Unix systems, and contains a reduced set of defines from other platforms that are relevant to UnixLib.
- include/pthread.h: Fix static initialisers.

The release can be downloaded from the riscos.info repositories using
PackMan, which will fetch and install all the pieces for you, or you
can follow the manual installation instructions. For more details see:

www.riscos.info/index.php/GCC

Our thanks go to all those who have contributed to this release.

About GCC for RISC OS

GCC for RISC OS is a complete, free and fully-featured compiler solution
for RISC OS based on the GNU Compiler Collection. It can compile C and C++
using modern standards and assemble ARM code. It also includes support for
RISC OS modules, and usage of the native RISC OS Shared C Library, or the
bundled Unix-compatibility library UnixLib as runtime library. It aims to be
feature complete above and beyond the commercial RISC OS Open Ltd’s C/C++
compiler suite.

Nice Alan (and GCCSDK developers), thanks! :)

Well done to all involved, goes well with a book on C that I received for Christmas!