gcc-4.7 can be compiled by a C or a C++ compiler,
and versions 4.8+ can only be compiled by a C++ compiler.
-Currently the GCC plugin infrastructure supports only the x86, arm and arm64
-architectures.
+Currently the GCC plugin infrastructure supports only the x86, arm, arm64 and
+powerpc architectures.
This infrastructure was ported from grsecurity [6] and PaX [7].