> My system has gone to gcc 4.0 as the default compiler, and I suspect it

4.0 is still radioactive...
3.4.4 (as my signature suggests) blows donkies... In the gcc bug
tracking system there are complaints of a FIVE FOLD slowdown in code
types that are commonly used in the squeak VM...

I'd stick with 3.3.6 for the forseable future...


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GCC 3.3.6 produces code that's twice as fast on x86!

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