GA68(1)

💅 GA68(1) — like, the ga68 page, bestie

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for ga68, section 1 of the GNU manuals, and it's giving "small but mighty" ✨ because it's honestly kinda short — but every single crumb matters, so let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ga68 — a GCC-based compiler for Algol 68 🌸

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ga68 [-c|-S] [-g] [-pg]
     [-Olevel] [-Wwarn...]
     [-Idir...] [-Ldir...]
     [-foption...] [-mmachine-option...]
     [-o outfile] [@file] infile...

Only the most useful options are listed here; see below for the remainder. 👑

ngl bestie, that's the whole synopsis — the page itself literally says "see below for the remainder," so don't come for me, I'm just the messenger 😭

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The ga68 command is the GNU compiler for the Algol 68 language 💜 and it supports many of the same options as gcc. fr fr, it's part of the family.

This manual only documents the options specific to ga68. so like… the Algol 68-specific ones. the rest? that's gcc(1)'s business, not ours 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these, they're iconic in their own right:

• gpl(7)
• gfdl(7)
• fsf-funding(7)
• gcc(1)
• and the Info entries for ga68 and gcc 👑

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the man page gfdl(7) 📜

lowkey a slay that they let you copy and remix this whole thing — just keep the license terms intact, periodt 💅

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie 🧚 this one's gcc-16, dated 2026-08-07, and it's page GA68(1) — go compile something iconic 💖✨🎀