I'm using: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-linux/egcs-2.90.23/specs gcc version egcs-2.90.23 980102 (egcs-1.0.1 release) The same compiler works fine with the same file on x86. However, on Alpha I get an internal compiler error. Let me know what information you need to track this down. The error was in a C++ function with virtual methods. -Arun