diff --git a/ase/awk/extio.c b/ase/awk/extio.c
index 2b3d80d8..d50f40d7 100644
--- a/ase/awk/extio.c
+++ b/ase/awk/extio.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: extio.c,v 1.49 2006-09-29 11:18:13 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: extio.c,v 1.50 2006-10-09 14:37:14 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/awk/awk_i.h>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int xp_awk_readextio (
 	while (p != XP_NULL)
 	{
 		if (p->type == (extio_type | extio_mask) &&
-		    xp_awk_strcmp(p->name,name) == 0) break;
+		    xp_awk_strcmp (p->name,name) == 0) break;
 		p = p->next;
 	}
 
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ int xp_awk_nextextio_read (
 	while (p != XP_NULL)
 	{
 		if (p->type == (extio_type | extio_mask) &&
-		    xp_awk_strcmp(p->name,name) == 0) break;
+		    xp_awk_strcmp (p->name,name) == 0) break;
 		p = p->next;
 	}
 
diff --git a/ase/awk/misc.c b/ase/awk/misc.c
index bed33422..7a94be8d 100644
--- a/ase/awk/misc.c
+++ b/ase/awk/misc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: misc.c,v 1.25 2006-10-06 14:34:37 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: misc.c,v 1.26 2006-10-09 14:37:14 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/awk/awk_i.h>
@@ -677,13 +677,24 @@ int xp_awk_strxncmp (
 	const xp_char_t* s1, xp_size_t len1, 
 	const xp_char_t* s2, xp_size_t len2)
 {
+	xp_char_t c1, c2;
 	const xp_char_t* end1 = s1 + len1;
 	const xp_char_t* end2 = s2 + len2;
 
-	while (s1 < end1 && s2 < end2 && *s1 == *s2) s1++, s2++;
-	if (s1 == end1 && s2 == end2) return 0;
-	if (*s1 == *s2) return (s1 < end1)? 1: -1;
-	return (*s1 > *s2)? 1: -1;
+	while (s1 < end1)
+	{
+		c1 = *s1;
+		if (s2 < end2) 
+		{
+			c2 = *s2;
+			if (c1 > c2) return 1;
+			if (c1 < c2) return -1;
+		}
+		else return 1;
+		s1++; s2++;
+	}
+
+	return (s2 < end2)? -1: 0;
 }
 
 int xp_awk_strxncasecmp (
@@ -695,17 +706,20 @@ int xp_awk_strxncasecmp (
 	const xp_char_t* end1 = s1 + len1;
 	const xp_char_t* end2 = s2 + len2;
 
-	c1 = XP_AWK_TOUPPER (awk, *s1); 
-	c2 = XP_AWK_TOUPPER (awk, *s2);
-	while (s1 < end1 && s2 < end2 && c1 == c2) 
+	while (s1 < end1)
 	{
-		s1++, s2++;
 		c1 = XP_AWK_TOUPPER (awk, *s1); 
-		c2 = XP_AWK_TOUPPER (awk, *s2);
+		if (s2 < end2) 
+		{
+			c2 = XP_AWK_TOUPPER (awk, *s2);
+			if (c1 > c2) return 1;
+			if (c1 < c2) return -1;
+		}
+		else return 1;
+		s1++; s2++;
 	}
-	if (s1 == end1 && s2 == end2) return 0;
-	if (c1 == c2) return (s1 < end1)? 1: -1;
-	return (c1 > c2)? 1: -1;
+
+	return (s2 < end2)? -1: 0;
 }
 
 xp_char_t* xp_awk_strxnstr (
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/awk.c b/ase/test/awk/awk.c
index 813e071b..fe3e4ffc 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/awk.c
+++ b/ase/test/awk/awk.c
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /*
- * $Id: awk.c,v 1.91 2006-09-25 06:17:19 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: awk.c,v 1.92 2006-10-09 14:37:41 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/awk/awk.h>
-#include <xp/bas/stdio.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __STAND_ALONE
 	#include <xp/bas/stdio.h>
+	#include <xp/bas/stdlib.h>
 	#include <xp/bas/string.h>
 	#include <xp/bas/memory.h>
 	#include <xp/bas/sysapi.h>
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 	#else
 		#define XP_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
 	#endif
+
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+		#define xp_sprintf _sntprintf
+	#endif
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/comp.awk b/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
index c535b2f4..a229299f 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
+++ b/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ BEGIN {
 	print "10.0 >  \"10\"", (10.0 >  "10");
 	print "10.0 <  \"10\"", (10.0 <  "10");
 
+	print "--------------------------";
+	print "\"10\" == 10.0", ("10" == 10.0);
+	print "\"10\" != 10.0", ("10" != 10.0);
+	print "\"10\" >= 10.0", ("10" >= 10.0);
+	print "\"10\" <= 10.0", ("10" <= 10.0);
+	print "\"10\" >  10.0", ("10" > 10.0);
+	print "\"10\" <  10.0", ("10" < 10.0);
+
+	print "--------------------------";
+	print "\"10\" == 10.1", ("10" == 10.1);
+	print "\"10\" != 10.1", ("10" != 10.1);
+	print "\"10\" >= 10.1", ("10" >= 10.1);
+	print "\"10\" <= 10.1", ("10" <= 10.1);
+	print "\"10\" >  10.1", ("10" > 10.1);
+	print "\"10\" <  10.1", ("10" < 10.1);
+
 	#a[10] = 2;
 	#print a == 1;
 
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/makefile.tcc b/ase/test/awk/makefile.tcc
index 823045e6..6dfc120a 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/makefile.tcc
+++ b/ase/test/awk/makefile.tcc
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ LIBS = xpawk.lib
 all: awk 
 
 awk: awk.obj
-	tcc $(LDFLAGS) -mh -eawk.exe awk.obj $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -mh -eawk.exe awk.obj $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
 	del $(OBJS) *.obj $(OUT)
 
-.SUFFIXES: .c .obj
 .c.obj:
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<