> AFAIK 4.0 was the first with a support for the new "core". The next (4.1
> probably) will be focused on optimisation, 4.0 is just for testing the
> new core and permit developpers to port the code without waiting a
> version with real advantages.
> I've seen some kind of benchmark that show C++ is faster with 4.0, maybe
> this is why people think 4.0 is faster.

Hmmm.. Very interesting. I would try 4.x with C++ code if it would be 
available in pkgsrc or maybe in pkgsrc-wip course I'v boored too much now 
compiling/using every day rather fat projects with "slow as hell" (tm) g++ 
v3.3.3 (Qt4, ACE/TAO, & so on).

// wbr