At the moment, Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet), the latest stable release of the Ubuntu Linux operating system comes with GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.9.2, so the decision to switch to GCC 5.0 as the default compiler was taken because the system must be prepared for the next LTS (Long Term Support) version of Ubuntu.
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