diff --git a/ase/awk/Makefile.bcc b/ase/awk/Makefile.bcc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a23bf9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/Makefile.bcc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+SRCS = stx.c memory.c object.c symbol.c class.c dict.c misc.c array.c \
+	name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c bytecode.c interp.c
+OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.obj)
+OUT = xpstx.lib
+
+CC = bcc32
+CFLAGS = -O2 -WM -w -w-inl -w-sig -w-spa -w-hid -RT- -I../..
+
+all: $(OBJS)
+	tlib $(OUT) @&&!
++-$(**: = &^
++-)
+!
+
+clean:
+	del $(OBJS) $(OUT) *.obj
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .obj
+.c.obj:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/Makefile.cl b/ase/awk/Makefile.cl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f6b7511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/Makefile.cl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SRCS = \
+	stx.c memory.c object.c symbol.c class.c array.c \
+	dict.c misc.c name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c \
+	bytecode.c interp.c 
+OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.obj)
+OUT = xpstx.lib
+
+CC = cl
+CFLAGS = /nologo /MT /GX /W3 /GR- /D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0400 -I../..
+
+all: $(OBJS)
+	link -lib @<<
+/nologo /out:$(OUT) $(OBJS)
+<<
+
+
+clean:
+	del $(OBJS) $(OUT) *.obj
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .obj
+.c.obj:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) /c $<
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/Makefile.lcc b/ase/awk/Makefile.lcc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d1eff6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/Makefile.lcc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SRCS = stx.c memory.c object.c symbol.c class.c dict.c misc.c array.c \
+	context.c name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c bytecode.c interp.c
+OBJS = stx.obj memory.obj object.obj symbol.obj class.obj dict.obj misc.obj array.obj \
+	context.obj name.obj token.obj parser.obj bootstrp.obj bytecode.obj interp.obj
+OUT = xpstx.lib
+
+CC = lcc
+CFLAGS = -I../..  -A -ansic -libcdll 
+LDFLAGS =
+LIBS = 
+
+all: $(OBJS)
+	lcclib $(OUT) $(OBJS) 
+
+clean:
+	del $(OBJS) $(OUT) *.obj
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .obj
+.c.obj:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/ase/awk/makefile.in b/ase/awk/makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db09f6f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SRCS = sce.c 
+#	memory.c object.c symbol.c class.c array.c \
+#	dict.c misc.c context.c name.c token.c parser.c bootstrp.c \
+#	bytecode.c interp.c
+OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
+OUT = libxpsce.a
+
+CC = @CC@
+RANLIB = @RANLIB@
+CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ -I@abs_top_builddir@
+LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+LIBS = @LIBS@
+
+all: $(OBJS)
+	ar cr $(OUT) $(OBJS)
+	ranlib $(OUT)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OBJS) $(OUT) *.o
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .o
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/ase/awk/mem.c b/ase/awk/mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1e0d908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: mem.c,v 1.1 2005-09-30 09:40:15 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#include <xp/sce/mem.h>
+#include <xp/sce/misc.h>
+
+xp_sce_mem_t* xp_sce_mem_open (
+	xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t capacity)
+{
+	xp_sce_obj_t** slots;
+	xp_word_t n;
+
+	xp_assert (capacity > 0);
+	if (mem == XP_NULL) {
+		mem = (xp_sce_mem_t*)xp_malloc(xp_sizeof(xp_sce_mem_t));
+		if (mem == XP_NULL) return XP_NULL;
+		mem->__malloced = xp_true;
+	}
+	else mem->__malloced = xp_false;
+
+	slots = (xp_sce_obj_t**)xp_malloc (
+		capacity * xp_sizeof(xp_sce_obj_t*));
+	if (slots == XP_NULL) {
+		if (mem->__malloced) xp_free (mem);
+		mem = XP_NULL;
+	}
+
+	mem->capacity = capacity;
+	mem->slots = slots;
+
+	/* weave the free slot list */
+	mem->free = &slots[0];
+	for (n = 0; n < capacity - 1; n++) {
+		mem->slots[n] = (xp_sce_obj_t*)&mem->slots[n + 1];
+	}
+	mem->slots[n] = XP_NULL;
+
+	return mem;
+}
+
+void xp_sce_mem_close (xp_sce_mem_t* mem)
+{
+	/* TODO: free all linked objs...	 */
+
+	xp_free (mem->slots);
+	mem->capacity = 0;
+	mem->slots = XP_NULL;
+	mem->free = XP_NULL;
+	if (mem->__malloced) xp_free (mem);
+}
+
+void xp_sce_mem_gc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem)
+{
+	/* TODO: implement this function */
+}
+
+xp_word_t xp_sce_mem_alloc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t nbytes)
+{
+	xp_sce_obj_t** slot;
+	xp_sce_obj_t* obj;
+
+	/* find the free obj slot */
+	if (mem->free == XP_NULL) {
+		xp_sce_mem_gc (mem);
+		if (mem->free == XP_NULL) return mem->capacity;;
+	}
+
+	obj = (xp_sce_obj_t*)xp_malloc (nbytes);
+	if (obj == XP_NULL) {
+		xp_sce_mem_gc (mem);
+		obj = (xp_sce_obj_t*)xp_malloc (nbytes);
+		/*if (obj == XP_NULL) return mem->capacity;*/
+if (obj == XP_NULL) {
+xp_assert (XP_TEXT("MEMORY ALLOCATION ERROR\n") == XP_NULL);
+exit (1);
+}
+	}
+
+	slot = mem->free;
+	mem->free = (xp_sce_obj_t**)*slot;
+	*slot = obj;
+
+	return (xp_word_t)(slot - mem->slots);
+}
+
+void xp_sce_mem_dealloc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t obj_index)
+{
+	/* 
+	 * THIS IS PRIMITIVE LOW-LEVEL DEALLOC. THIS WILL NOT 
+	 * DEALLOCATE MEMORY ALLOCATED FOR ITS INSTANCE VARIABLES.
+	 */
+
+	xp_free (mem->slots[obj_index]);
+	mem->slots[obj_index] = (xp_sce_obj_t*)mem->free;
+	mem->free = &mem->slots[obj_index];
+}
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/mem.h b/ase/awk/mem.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f843aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/mem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: mem.h,v 1.1 2005-09-30 09:40:15 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XP_SCE_MEM_H_
+#define _XP_SCE_MEM_H_
+
+#include <xp/sce/sce.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+xp_sce_mem_t* xp_sce_mem_open (
+	xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t capacity);
+void xp_sce_mem_close (xp_sce_mem_t* mem);
+
+void xp_sce_mem_gc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem);
+xp_word_t xp_sce_mem_alloc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t size);
+void xp_sce_mem_dealloc (xp_sce_mem_t* mem, xp_word_t object_index);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/ase/awk/sce.c b/ase/awk/sce.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ac5d6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/sce.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: sce.c,v 1.1 2005-09-30 09:40:15 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#include <xp/sce/sce.h>
+#include <xp/sce/mem.h>
+#include <xp/sce/misc.h>
+
+xp_sce_t* xp_sce_open (xp_sce_t* sce, xp_word_t capacity)
+{
+	if (sce == XP_NULL) {
+		sce = (xp_sce_t*)xp_malloc (xp_sizeof(sce));
+		if (sce == XP_NULL) return XP_NULL;
+		sce->__malloced = xp_true;
+	}
+	else sce->__malloced = xp_false;
+
+	if (xp_sce_mem_open (&sce->mem, capacity) == XP_NULL) {
+		if (sce->__malloced) xp_free (sce);
+		return XP_NULL;
+	}
+
+	return sce;
+}
+
+void xp_sce_close (xp_sce_t* sce)
+{
+	xp_sce_mem_close (&sce->mem);
+	if (sce->__malloced) xp_free (sce);
+}
+
diff --git a/ase/awk/sce.h b/ase/awk/sce.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6897085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/awk/sce.h
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: sce.h,v 1.1 2005-09-30 09:40:15 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XP_SCE_SCE_H_
+#define _XP_SCE_SCE_H_
+
+#include <xp/types.h>
+#include <xp/macros.h>
+
+typedef struct xp_sce_objhdr_t   xp_sce_objhdr_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_obj_t      xp_sce_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_word_obj_t xp_sce_word_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_byte_obj_t xp_sce_byte_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_char_obj_t xp_sce_char_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_int_obj_t  xp_sce_int_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_real_obj_t xp_sce_real_obj_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_mem_t      xp_sce_mem_t;
+typedef struct xp_sce_t xp_sce_t;
+
+/* common obj structure */
+struct xp_sce_objhdr_t
+{
+	/*
+	 * lower 4 bytes: atomic types...
+	 * CHAR
+	 * INT
+	 * REAL
+	 *
+	 * the rest of the bytes: number of elements in the array.
+	 * this value will be 1 for atomic types 
+	 *
+	 * // array types 
+	 * ARRAY OF ATTOMIC TYPES 
+	 */
+	xp_word_t access; 
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_word_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+	xp_word_t data[1];
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_byte_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+	xp_byte_t data[1];
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_char_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+	xp_char_t data[1];
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_int_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+	xp_long_t data[1];
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_real_obj_t
+{
+	xp_sce_objhdr_t hdr;
+	xp_real_t data[1];
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_mem_t
+{
+	xp_word_t capacity;
+	xp_sce_obj_t** slots;
+	xp_sce_obj_t** free;
+	xp_bool_t __malloced;
+};
+
+struct xp_sce_t
+{
+	xp_sce_mem_t mem;
+	xp_bool_t __malloced;
+};
+
+#define XP_SCE_IS_SMALLINT(x)   (((x) & 0x01) == 0x01)
+#define XP_SCE_TO_SMALLINT(x)   (((x) << 1) | 0x01)
+#define XP_SCE_FROM_SMALLINT(x) ((x) >> 1)
+
+#define XP_SCE_IS_OINDEX(x)     (((x) & 0x01) == 0x00)
+#define XP_SCE_TO_OINDEX(x)     (((x) << 1) | 0x00)
+#define XP_SCE_FROM_OINDEX(x)   ((x) >> 1)
+
+#define XP_SCE_NIL   XP_SCE_TO_OINDEX(0)
+#define XP_SCE_TRUE  XP_SCE_TO_OINDEX(1)
+#define XP_SCE_FALSE XP_SCE_TO_OINDEX(2)
+
+#define XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx) (((sce)->mem).slots[XP_SCE_FROM_OINDEX(idx)])
+#define XP_SCE_ACCESS(sce,idx) (XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,(idx))->hdr.access)
+#define XP_SCE_DATA(sce,idx)   ((void*)(XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx) + 1))
+
+#define XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) (XP_SCE_ACCESS(sce,idx) & 0x0F)
+#define XP_SCE_SIZE(sce,idx) (XP_SCE_ACCESS(sce,idx) >> 0x04)
+
+#define XP_SCE_WORD_INDEXED  (0x00)
+#define XP_SCE_BYTE_INDEXED  (0x01)
+#define XP_SCE_CHAR_INDEXED  (0x02)
+#define XP_SCE_INT_INDEXED   (0x03)
+#define XP_SCE_REAL_INDEXED  (0x04)
+
+#define XP_SCE_IS_WORD_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	(XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) == XP_SCE_WORD_INDEXED)
+#define XP_SCE_IS_BYTE_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	(XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) == XP_SCE_BYTE_INDEXED)
+#define XP_SCE_IS_CHAR_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	(XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) == XP_SCE_CHAR_INDEXED)
+#define XP_SCE_IS_INT_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	(XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) == XP_SCE_INT_INDEXED)
+#define XP_SCE_IS_REAL_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	(XP_SCE_TYPE(sce,idx) == XP_SCE_REAL_INDEXED)
+
+#define XP_SCE_WORD_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	((xp_sce_word_obj_t*)XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx))
+#define XP_SCE_BYTE_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	((xp_sce_byte_obj_t*)XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx))
+#define XP_SCE_CHAR_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	((xp_sce_char_obj_t*)XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx))
+#define XP_SCE_INT_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	((xp_sce_int_obj_t*)XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx))
+#define XP_SCE_REAL_OBJ(sce,idx) \
+	((xp_sce_real_obj_t*)XP_SCE_OBJ(sce,idx))
+
+#define XP_SCE_WORD_AT(sce,idx,n) (XP_SCE_WORD_OBJ(sce,idx)->data[n])
+#define XP_SCE_BYTE_AT(sce,idx,n) (XP_SCE_BYTE_OBJ(sce,idx)->data[n])
+#define XP_SCE_CHAR_AT(sce,idx,n) (XP_SCE_CHAR_OBJ(sce,idx)->data[n])
+#define XP_SCE_INT_AT(sce,idx,n)  (XP_SCE_INT_OBJ(sce,idx)->data[n])
+#define XP_SCE_REAL_AT(sce,idx,n) (XP_SCE_REAL_OBJ(sce,idx)->data[n])
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+xp_sce_t* xp_sce_open (xp_sce_t* sce, xp_word_t capacity);
+void xp_sce_close (xp_sce_t* sce);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif