I had to hand-apply the NV patch and some of the casting patches to get VC++ to shut up and compile, but Parrot works on Win32 (Win2k, VC++ 6.0SP5). (it takes <1 sec to count to ten million on my PIII 1Ghz) I'll post the hacked-up Makefile that I fed through nmake to get it to work when I get back from classes. -- BKS __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/