GCC Can Now Be Worked On In C++

The Free Software Foundation and GCC Steering Committee have now decided that it’s okay and permitted to write code for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) within C++. Up to this point, C has been the preferred language for working on GCC.

While C++ can now be used within GCC, it’s still to be decided what C++ features the developers can use within the language when working on this free software compiler.