GCC 16.1 is now available as the first stable release of [1]GCC 16 as this year's major open-source GNU compiler feature release.

GCC 16 ships [2]improved error messages with [3]experimental HTML output support , [4]the new Algol 68 programming language front-end , [5]support for using Picolibc , [6]Arm AGI CPU target support , experimental AMD Instinct MI300 series support in the AMDGCN back-end, and [7]initial AMD Zen 6 "znver6" CPU support .

GCC 16 is also [8]using the C++20 standard by default and brings many C and C++ language improvements. More OpenMP 5.x/6.x functionality is also in place, the GCC Ada support continues improving, and many other improvements as outlined via the [9]documentation .

Downloads and more details on today's GCC 16.1 stable release via [10]gcc.gnu.org . GCC 16.1 compiler benchmarks coming up soon on Phoronix.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/GCC+16

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Error-Messages

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Diagnostics

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-68-Merged-Into-GCC-16

[5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Picolibc

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Arm-AGI-CPU

[7] https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-znver6-GCC-16

[8] https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Now-CPP20-Default

[9] https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-16/changes.html

[10] https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-16/