Hello, A new GPC binary distribution, corresponding to GPC-970624 (2.1-beta1) for cygwin32-b18 has been uploaded to: ftp://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/home/janjaap/cygwin32 The file to get is: gpc-970624.i386-cygwin32-b18.zip I included the corresponding tools (cygwin.dll, as, ld etc.) and documentation in windows .HLP files. NEWS: 1) You can now build DLL's with GPC. A sample is included. 2) The broken examples work again. GPC related notes: 1) The "winapi" macro is not in the compiler (yet) so you still have to {$define WINAPI(X) asmname X; attribute(stdcall)} 2) "function attributes" get lost in the GPI machanism, so you cannot export them from a unit (or DLL) Cygwin32 related problems: 1) On win95, building a DLL may not work because of garbage in the DLL. A solution (don't laugh!) : defrag the disk and make sure the option "wipe empty diskspace" is checked. 2) Linking against kernel32 *twice* will result in segfaulting apps. the previous alpha-gpc's demos suffered from this. 3) Linking GUI apps gives a harmless message: ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _WinMainCRTStartup; defaulting to 00401000 There's an `ld' option to suppress this, but I have forgotten it. Things to come: 1) Build the RTS as a DLL --> smaller applications. 2) Switch to mingw32 ?? The programs you build would be faster and not depend on cygwin.dll. 3) Start a web page to publish the latest developments. Happy hacking, JanJaap --- With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC1925.