Which Compiler is Best to Build on Debian?

I am working on building a Debian based hosting server by compiling manually and have been compiling the needed software including such software as Apache2, Proftp, Courier, Postfix and VHCS.

There seems to be many choices for compiler versions on Debian ; for example:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/

is the default compilers on 'Debian Sarge' but:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-4.0/

is also available and is more recent. There are also options available for:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.4/
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.96/
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.0/

Are any of these a preferred set of compiler versions used when building a system? Is it a good idea to use the most recent gcc (4.0)?? or safer to stay on version 3 ???

 

 

 

 

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