Ubuntu 8.10 significantly slower than previous versions

[Aaron Toponce]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 08:03:19AM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
> Well, newer gcc's are meant to produce faster code, aren't they?

Faster code? No, GCC doesn't rewrite code. Streamline the compiled
binary to make efficient use of system calls? Yes. Different GCC
versions can have dramatic effects on binaries of the exact same code.

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