GCC

From wikipedia,

"GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is a set of compilers for various language (C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran, Java and Ada) produced by the GNU Project."

gcc

GNU project C and C++ compiler. When used for C++ compilation, it internally calls g++ but it does not point all the standard C++ libraries. Make sure that you include -lstdc++ in this case. When GCC is compiled with Fortran language support, gcc recognizes Fortran source codes (.f, .for, .ftn, .f90, .f95 and .f03) and can compile them.<ref>http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/GNU-Fortran-and-GCC.html#GNU-Fortran-and-GCC</ref>

g++

g++ (GNU C++) is a C++ compiler, part of GCC.

gfortran

gfortran is a Fortran compiler, part of GCC and still in the early stage of development. It will be expected to handle most Fortran codes written in Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Fortran 95 or Fortran 2003.<ref>http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/About-GNU-Fortran.html#About-GNU-Fortran</ref>

g77

g77 is the ancestor of gfortran and was included in GCC prior to version 4.<ref> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/GNU-Fortran-and-G77.html#GNU-Fortran-and-G77 </ref>

Intel Compilers

Intel compilers for linux usually accelerate program speed.

icc

Intel C/C++ compiler

ifort

Intel Fortran compiler

Notes

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