[MPlayer-users] gcc 2.95.3 vs. gcc 3.2

[Albino]

Arpi wrote:

> I'm just wondering why do people prefer teh slow buggy 3.x series over the
> good old, working 2.95.3 ?
I'm just wondering why do people prefer teh slow buggy MPlayer cvs 
series over the good old, working MPlayer v0.90pre6ver ?  :))

> Oh, i've found it!!!
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2408836 Aug 30 16:47 mplayer.295
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      2336740 Aug 30 16:47 mplayer.32
> 
> 3.2 produces 3% smaller (stripped size) binary :)
it's true! you've found, a 1% more stripped results and i'll use 3.2 
forever ;)
aren't you able in writing gcc 3.2 optimized code? ;)
how does it works on athlons? (seriously)


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ciao
                                      albino