> More generally, is there documentation (other than source code :) for

>how things work at the C-level?
>  
>

You are a fine comedian....

The more elite the hacker, the sparser the documentation.

Allegedly there are some books that cover how it was supposed to work
several years ago.

As for me, the current SVN sources don't even compile. [I'll download
the 3.8 image today and try again but then I have to figure out how to
migrate all the stuff in my 3.7 image...... ]