Andrew Haley wrote: please? > > I had to do a web search to find out what X-code is. Apparently it's > something to do with an Apple GUI: it's certainly nothing to do with > gcc. > > Try http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/xcode-users It is true this is not the appropriate mailing list for XCode questions, but saying XCode has nothing to do with gcc is a little wrong... XCode is Apple's IDE, which uses gcc to compile C, C++, and Objective C projects (XCode also does Java). In fact OS X does not have gcc installed by default - the typical way to install gcc on an Apple is to install the optinal XCode package. Glen L. Beane Software Engineer II The Jackson Laboratory www.jax.org