GA68(1)

🌸 GA68(1) — the ga68 manual page, bestie edition 🌸

okay so sit down, grab a boba, because we're talking about ga68 — the GNU compiler for Algol 68 built on top of GCC, and yeah it's exactly as iconic as it sounds 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ga68 — a GCC-based compiler for Algol 68 🦋

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✨ 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.

fr fr, that list above is just the appetizer. the full menu is below, keep scrolling, don't be lazy 🫶

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the ga68 command is the GNU compiler for the Algol 68 language, and it supports many of the same options as gcc — like, it really said "i'm my father's daughter" and meant it. 👑

that said, this manual page is only here to document the options that are specific to ga68. everything else? that's a gcc thing, go ask gcc bestie. 😌

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, no skipping, i'll know 💀:

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

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✨ 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).

literally all of that legal bit matters, so don't paraphrase it in your group chat, copy it exactly or link gfdl(7) 💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie — you ate, no crumbs left 🎀

this one's from gcc-16 and it's dated 2026-10-29, filed under GA68(1) ✨ mwah, go compile something cute 💅🌸🦋