On Wed, 2026-03-04 at 14:56 +0000, CHIKI Badreddine via Gcc wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to contribute to GCC for GSoC 2026. I am a C/C++ systems > programming student at 42 (1337 School, Morocco) with two years of > hands-on experience focused on low-level programming, memory > management, concurrency, and performance. > > At 42, I built a Unix shell from scratch and implemented > multithreaded > projects, which strengthened my understanding of processes, > synchronization, and system behavior. I am genuinely passionate about > C and C++, and I am especially interested in compilers, optimization, > and how high-level code is transformed into efficient machine > instructions. Studying GCC’s architecture and contributing to it > would > be a major learning opportunity for me. > > I would appreciate guidance on: > Which GCC-related projects may be available for GSoC 2026 ? > What would be a good first contribution to start learning the > codebase ? > Any recommended documentation or areas to study before contributing ?
Hi! Thanks for your interest in GCC. If you haven't seen it yet, this wiki page has some ideas and answers to the above questions: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SummerOfCode Does this give you the info you need, or do you have further questions? Hope this is helpful Dave > > I am available 35–40 hours per week during the summer and ready to > begin with a small task to demonstrate commitment and progress. > > GitHub: github.com/oCHIKIo > > Thank you for your time. > > Best regards, > CHIKI Badreddine >
