GCC-16

GCC 16, representing the current development trunk of the GNU Compiler Collection, is the next major iteration of the foundational open-source toolchain. As the default compiler for the Linux ecosystem, its development is focused on pushing language standards forward, primarily by introducing experimental support for the upcoming C++26 standard (such as std::function_ref). It continues to be the critical utility that translates human-readable C, C++, and other languages into the optimized machine code that powers the open-source world, with a focus on new optimization techniques and hardware support.