GA68(1)

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🎀 GA68(1) · GNU Manual 🎀

okay bestie, this is the GNU manual page for ga68, and I am obsessed with it 💅✨

✨ NAME ✨

ga68 is a GCC-based compiler for Algol 68. It's giving old-school language energy and it slaps 🔥

🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

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

ngl this looks like a lot, but these are only the most useful options, so don't panic 🙈 the rest are down below. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so ga68 is the GNU compiler for the Algol 68 language 🌸 and it's lowkey giving gcc vibes, because it supports a ton of the same options as gcc. main character energy 👑

this manual only covers the options that are specific to ga68. so if something's missing from your gcc brain, check the gcc docs, periodt 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

gpl(7), gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7), gcc(1), and the Info entries for ga68 and gcc. iykyk, these are the vibes to read next 🫶

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

ok the legal part, but make it cute 🎀 you're allowed 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. there are no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. a copy of the license lives in the man page gfdl(7) ✨

Source: gcc-16, dated 2026-03-22. Stay iconic, bestie, and keep compiling 🍓💖🧚

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