[Ffmpeg-devel] 2.95?

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Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:

> Rich Felker wrote:
>> Yes, gcc devs want to keep us from discovering and using the
>> infinitely superior gcc 2.95 !! :)
>
> Loathe as I am to admit it, you might be onto something here, at least
> for compilation speed. gcc 2.95 compiles the tree in 15 minutes. 3.4.6
> takes 21 minutes. ~30 minutes for 4.1.1.

In theory, the compiler could be spending that extra time optimizing
the code.  Were that the case, I'd happily trade a little compilation
time for faster execution.  Sadly, I'm afraid this is not the case
here.

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