--- You wrote: Just a question: Why does my 133 MHz - 16 Mb PC is faster than my 233 MHz 64 Mb G3 mac when I compile? --- end of quote --- one/all/none of these apply?? ===================== 1) you have not same versions (old mac version)? (newest = ftp://mills.edu/ccm/csound.ppc/Csound3.49.1PPC.sit.hqx) 2) you have newest mac version, which has a bug that file-creation buffer sizes are not set properly (too small so could slow down disk writing)? 3) maybe in newest version which now identical to PC code does not do text messaging most efficient way, try turning off messages or use listing file to see if that affects anything? 4) the speed difference is not that much to matter to a composer? 5) if you are using the "render time" output at the end it could quite possibly be (very) inaccurate? 6) apple sucks? 7) the mac port sucks, as it is currently being supported by a lazy young asshole clarinet player who wants to move to BeOS and write the next generation of eamus composition tools commercial music industry termination academic music termination pry open their ears obviously antiorps cd=affecting me now=playing (jons) stereo - antiorp maybe h(Ear)d my f(Ear) on f(Un) f(Estival) 1997? matt visitting profesir of musak dartmouth collij