Why GCC 4?

[Max Andersen]

Luca Manganelli wrote:
> On 3/15/06, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
>   
>> It's faster, better, generates better code ... And IIRC the goal was to
>> have a stable C++ ABI in gcc 4.0, but I think it has not yet happened.
>>     
>
> According to many benchmarks, code generated with gcc 4.0 is often
> slower than 3.4.

lol, then maybe it's faster in generating slower code?

http://www.coyotegulch.com/reviews/gcc4/index.html
(it has to mature a bit before we get there, it seems).

Sincerely
Max
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