CompuServe Messages

I think we are speaking of two different things. (don't you just love the inconsistent usage of words in the computer field?) When I spoke of OBJECT, I was speaking of the intermediate results, before linking. As such, i see no reason why Manx should have had to produce intermediate files compatible with any other assembler/compiler, as long as they provided all the tools to create executable from their compiler. That they did finally modify the intermedaiate files is to their credit, though it ceretainly wasn't a necessity. The advantage to their system was, of course, speed of obtaining end results and size of code. Please note that my preference in C compilers is from an academic point of view only, since I feel that the only way C can be madereally good is to jack it up and drive another language under it. 🙂