title: gcc version numbers do not increase with release date?
body: <p>I was taking a look at <a href="https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html</a> and saw that the GCC version numbers aren't increasing monotonically with respect to the date unlike most products where the most recent version has the largest version number.</p>
  <p>e.g., GCC 8.5 was released 5/14/21, and 11.1 4/27/21.</p>
  <p>Why are the version numbers for gcc structured this way?</p>