[plug] Gentoo vs [insert ur fav distro here]

[Craig Ringer]

> Note: gcc 3.2.x == slow (not sure if this applies to your architecture,
> but unless gcc 3.3 has some magic revisions, I expect it will also be
> generally slow).

I've found g++ 3.2.x to be very slow indeed, but haven't noticed such a 
marked slowdown in the main gcc between 2.9.5 and 3.x .

On the other hand, gcc 3.x is generally thought to produce faster 
executables, especially on newer platforms where it allows the use of 
more specific -mcpu and -march flags.

Craig Ringer