[edwintorok]

The use of 'bytecode' is strange when refering to gcc and C code, perhaps 'object code', or executable would've been better. Bytecode is usually reserved for things like the JVM, or other cases where an interpreter/JIT is needed to run your code.

[npsimons]

Couple of points:

- The GNU Compiler Collection can compile Java, as well as other languages with "bytecode".

- GCC actually has a native intermediate language, it's just not very well advertised.

[rnovak]

In real world projects, I have never seen a GNU Compiler not called explicitly, and in fact this article is advising to be extra explicit in compiler flags, so referring to any output code, especially -o with a .o extension, as 'bytecode', is inherently incorrect, regardless of whatever "intermediate" language GCC actually uses, unless you're outputting that intermediate code.

[edwintorok]

agreed, which is why I said 'gcc and C'. Is GCC's IR still called GIMPLE?