@koan
I'm only using these C examples to try and understand how equivalent PPC assembly programs should behave. Handling Ctrl-C messages (does it generate a message??) is just a stepping stone to something more interesting.

@jacadcaps
Oh no! I forgot about it - I suppose that will make the crucial difference. Also forgot to mention my compile arguments... Thanks for that - I'll go see if I can get the result I wanted...