On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 06:26:26 +0100, Sam Lauber <sam124@operamail.com> wrote: > Going back to useless assembly, a low-level Hello World with -fno-omit-frame-pointer: > And the same C code with -fomit-frame-pointer: Try enabling optimization :) After some trying I found you're using gcc 3.4 or 4.0 without any -O option (try using -O2 for a start). Richard.