[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Drop support for gcc-2.95

[Luca Barbato]

Guillaume Poirier wrote:
> 
> Now, whether or not the compiler does a good job are generating good
> ASM out of intrinsics is another story.
> Please keep in mind though that all Altivec code is written with
> intrinsics, and apart from some corner cases, ppl seem to be happy
> with that situation.
> 

Just because:

- asm + altivec could be less portable across asseblers (thank you
motorola and apple)

- usually intrinsics aren't that slow.

- moving from Altivec to spe intrinsics is almost a joke, all our
altivec code could be ported with relative ease if we really want.

lu