actually, quite apart from the understandable desire to have improvements in the programming environment, i have to say that given C's syntax, i still find static int burble(stuff) { easier to spot at a glance than static int burble(stuff) { even when the aim is not to grep for things, but perhaps that's just me. i thought lcc was a good program, but i found it harder to read for that reason. (i know, i know, i could use something that puts the function names in chartreuse.)