No offense Matt but you are criticizing the FPC team for doing what you consider to be useless unecessary modes in the compiler and then you state that you are porting to BeOS. I think you will find many more people interested in using the various modes of FPC then you will every find interested in a BeOS port. My point isn't to criticize you but to make you see that while you find a BeOS port valuable, the large majority of us out here might think it is a waste of time. So in the same light please be aware that some people might consider the other modes of the compiler to be just as important as a BeOS port is to you. :-)