Thanks a lot

Stormwind wrote: I am wondering if the VC compiler uses multiple threads in compiling source code No. :-(

Thanks for the clarification mike.

Many many thanks!

Yes it is possible with the use of Microsoft-specific storage-class specifiers __declspec(dllimport) and __declspec(dllexport), much as it is done for regular functions. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

.net runtime is the child of Pcode. Pcode is semi-compiled thingy whatsit (dam shit I've forgotten the word for it). Any way this Pcode can in many cercumstances run faster or be smaller than its local machine specific counterpart. I bet you want me to explain how don't you? Darn it man, its been a million years since I read this in Program Now (do you remember that one, sigh, memories). Its something to do with the way Pcode can share functions at a level very close but not quite at machine level. Oh bugrit I can't remember. It just is ok!? We do it for the joy of seeing the users struggle.

The Common Language Runtime offers some great stories around performance (Just-In-Time and pre-compiled apps). As far as commercial applications, it is already being used in some earlier adopters. Crystal Decisions is one of the first out the door with their version of Crystal Reports built on .NET. Expect to see a bunch more out soon now that the Release Candidate is available. Cheers! Colin Bowern, Consultant Enterprise Platform Solutions Microsoft Services (Canada)

The problem is that rich library becomes bloated library. Yep, that can be an issue while redistributing the runtimes. I guess the new approach MS has taken in MFC7 by integrating it more into ATL has the potential to take a lot of load outside the runtime and make it even lighter someday. // Fazlul Get RadVC today! Play RAD in VC++ http://www.capitolsoft.com