gc (Go compiler)
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gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Go compiler | 1 |
| cmd/compile | 1 |
| gc | 1 |
| gc (Go compiler) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: gc (Go compiler) Context triple: [Go, standardImplementation, gc (Go compiler)]
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A.
Go
Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.
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B.
GCC
GCC is a regional political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf, focused on cooperation in areas such as trade, security, and cultural affairs.
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C.
GOC
GOC is the standardised set of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
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D.
DGC
DGC is the United Nations Department of Global Communications, responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communication and public outreach.
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E.
GDB
GDB is a powerful open-source debugger from the GNU Project used to analyze and control the execution of programs written in languages like C, C++, and Fortran.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: gc (Go compiler) Target entity description: gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
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A.
Go
Go is a statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google, known for its simplicity, efficient concurrency support, and suitability for scalable networked and cloud services.
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B.
GCC
GCC is a regional political and economic union of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf, focused on cooperation in areas such as trade, security, and cultural affairs.
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C.
GOC
GOC is the standardised set of spelling and writing rules used for modern Scottish Gaelic.
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D.
DGC
DGC is the United Nations Department of Global Communications, responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communication and public outreach.
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E.
GDB
GDB is a powerful open-source debugger from the GNU Project used to analyze and control the execution of programs written in languages like C, C++, and Fortran.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Go compiler
ⓘ
software toolchain component ⓘ |
| architecture | front-end and back-end written in C ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Go 1.x era (early releases) ⓘ |
| category | C-based compiler ⓘ |
| componentOf | cmd/go build process (historically) ⓘ |
| designGoal |
fast compilation
ⓘ
simple implementation ⓘ |
| developedBy | Go team at Google ⓘ |
| distribution | official Go distribution ⓘ |
| distributionModel | open source ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
first production Go compiler used by Google
ⓘ
reference implementation for early Go language versions ⓘ |
| implementationLanguageOfSuccessor | Go ⓘ |
| implements |
Go programming language specification
ⓘ
linked to:
Go
|
| influenced | design of Go-based cmd/compile ⓘ |
| invokedBy | go tool compile (historically via wrappers) ⓘ |
| license | BSD-style license ⓘ |
| notableFeature | written in C rather than Go ⓘ |
| optimizationLevel | moderate optimizations compared to later cmd/compile ⓘ |
| organization | Google ⓘ |
| originalImplementationOf | standard Go compiler ⓘ |
| outputFormat | object files for Go linker ⓘ |
| paradigm | ahead-of-time compiler ⓘ |
| partOf |
Go toolchain
ⓘ
linked to:
Go
|
| platformSupport |
multiple CPU architectures
ⓘ
multiple operating systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replacedBecause |
desire to self-host Go compiler in Go
ⓘ
need for better maintainability and extensibility ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
cmd/compile
ⓘ
linked to:
gc (Go compiler)
|
| repository | Go project source tree (historically in src/cmd/gc) ⓘ |
| runtimeIntegration | tightly integrated with Go runtime and linker (6l, 8l, 5l historically) ⓘ |
| status | superseded ⓘ |
| successor | cmd/compile ⓘ |
| supports |
concurrency primitives of Go
ⓘ
garbage-collected Go runtime model ⓘ |
| targetLanguage | Go ⓘ |
| toolName |
gc
ⓘ
linked to:
gc (Go compiler)
|
| usedIn | early Go releases ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: gc (Go compiler) Description of subject: gc is the original standard Go compiler implementation, written in C and later superseded by the Go-based `cmd/compile` toolchain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: gc (Go compiler)
linked to: gc (Go compiler)
linked to: gc (Go compiler)