This is probably an odd request, but I'd like to see more news articles on GCC development. Every time a minor revision of the Linux kernel comes out, there's no scarcity of news articles written about it. Indeed, any time something interesting happens, someone writes an article about it, like for instance, you may recall the time when Ingo Molnar added the O(1) scheduler and the numerous articles that followed on KernelTrap.org, osnews.com, etc.
Well, to me, the compiler technology is at least as interesting as OS development or anything else for that matter. It's complicated business to design a compiler to optimize well for numerous architectures, and I'm facinated by the rare (if shallow) snippets that people manage to write about GCC. Something as relatively minor as the removal of >? and <? (and the reasons behind the removal) is interesting to me. But digging through mailing list archives takes too much time, it hard to follow, and is often not understandable to someone who doesn't professionally develop compilers. So, would it be possible to get more news on the changes and developments in GCC? Interesting additions and explanations? Plans and progress? Or am I just weird? Thanks. -- Tim
