GCC 10.2 Released, first point release of GCC 10 branch
July 23, the GNU project and the developers behind GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) released “GCC 10.2”. It is the first point release of GCC branch 10. It includes nearly 100 bug fixes.
GCC is a collection of GNU compilers, and it includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, Go, and D, and libraries for these languages.
The latest stable release GCC 10.2 is the first point release of the GCC 10 branch. This release is dedicated to nearly 100 bug fixes.
It fixed the 20% performance regression when AES encryption is used in Linux kernel. Also, the performance of x86 targets has improved. This release has even fixed problems that had existed since version 8, which includes tree optimization for loop performance and against performance regression caused by merging ARCompact support, and size optimization for x86-64 optimizer.
It also includes many enhancements with ICE (Internal Compiler Errors).