sorry for missing that vital point, it was a comparsion of the compilation process, not the end results. Thats the issue when talking about the -speed- of a compiler, when comparing the -quality- on the other hand, then we are talking of how well the compiled code is performing. There are several benchmarks of this avaiable, just search the net and you shall find :) //Spider begin quote On 08 Apr 2002 07:33:13 +0200 Geert Bevin wrote: > What were you benchmarking since you never even mentioned that, the > compilation of the software or the resulting executable's performance. > The first one seems pretty useless to me, while the latter does make > sense. > -- begin happy99.exe This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end