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If compiling and linking with MinGW gcc v3 is painfully slow, and gcc v4 is not the default install option: What, for a beginner are the advantages/disadvantages of installing one version or another?
Say for example with gcc v4, I want to use PDCurses or other GNU libraries will I first have to recompile these from source?
I’m only asking here about C and not C++.
I’ve been using MinGW with GCC4 for some time and didn’t encounter any problems, so I’d say go for it. Also, there’s no need for recompilation as the C ABI on Windows has been stable for a long time.