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I second Jim's assessment. Benchmark is a rocket ship. Resultant code size is larger, yes, but you get a programming environment that surpasses Borland's Turbo Pascal. Well worth the trade off. If you need to get a commerical package out the door go ahead and port to TDI for more compact code after the job is done. Not too tough, I think. Getting thoroughly debugged library modules alone makes the switch worthwhile. Tons of example code. Solid docs. Source to the library modules is NOT available. But it looks like TDI provided it so their customers could do TDI's job for them. One drawback. There are certain, ah, politics involved. The author had a falling out with his distributor, Oxxi. Both parties will sell you the package. I purchased from Oxxi before the schism. Now it's probably safest to go with the author. — Art