In message < Pine.LNX.3.96.980119122740.24675A-100000@slon.hut.fi >you write: > PentiumII). egcs compiler produces correct code, as for execution time I > obtained: C++ program run 42% faster when compiled with egcs (GREAT! > thanks!), but fortran program run 20% _slower_. I suspect this is the alignment of doubles problem. jeff