*huge snip* >> >> I can add them...I didn't before because, well, they weren't there. > > Yes. In C, the syntax of an if statement is > "if" "(" <condition> ")" <statement> > > A <statement> may be a single statement or it may be a brace-enclosed > block. Thanks. Will add them now. > > If you expect to proceed along these lines I really have to urge you > to learn C. C is a simple language, easy to learn if you already know > how to program. (C++, on the other hand, is quite complex.) > I do...hence my efforts towards getting this toolchain running on my device, with which I do the majority of my language studies...computer or otherwise. Chicken <---> egg. Technically I already have GCC 4.7 built and installed, but I assumed (incorrectly apparently) it would be easy enough to configure and build 4.8. > > Ian >