diff --git a/compiler/main.v b/compiler/main.v
index fa798c3bcd..4dea930c40 100644
--- a/compiler/main.v
+++ b/compiler/main.v
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ string _STR_TMP(const char *fmt, ...) {
 }
 
 fn (c mut V) cc() {
+	ticks := time.ticks() 
 	linux_host := os.user_os() == 'linux'
 	c.log('cc() isprod=$c.is_prod outname=$c.out_name')
 	mut a := ['-w']// arguments for the C compiler
@@ -530,6 +531,10 @@ mut args := ''
 		}
 		println('linux cross compilation done. resulting binary: "$c.out_name"')
 	}
+	if c.show_c_cmd { 
+		diff := time.ticks() - ticks 
+		println('cc() took $diff ms ')
+	} 
 	//os.rm('$TmpPath/$c.out_name_c') 
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/scanner.v b/compiler/scanner.v
index 923bd7287c..b0959f7b62 100644
--- a/compiler/scanner.v
+++ b/compiler/scanner.v
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mut:
 
 const (
 	SINGLE_QUOTE = `\'`
-	QUOTE        = `"`
+	//QUOTE        = `"`
 )
 
 fn new_scanner(file_path string) *Scanner {
diff --git a/vlib/time/time.v b/vlib/time/time.v
index 547f359ae3..49f592bff8 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time.v
@@ -273,18 +273,24 @@ pub fn (t Time) weekday_str() string {
 	return Days.substr(i * 3, (i + 1) * 3)
 }
 
+struct C.timeval  {
+	tv_sec int
+	tv_usec int 
+} 
+
 // in ms
-pub fn ticks() f64 {
+pub fn ticks() i64 { 
 	$if windows { 
 		return C.GetTickCount()
 	} 
-	panic('not implemented') 
+	ts := C.timeval{} 
+	C.gettimeofday(&ts,0) 
+	return ts.tv_sec * 1000 + (ts.tv_usec / 1000) 
 /* 
 	t := i64(C.mach_absolute_time())
 	# Nanoseconds elapsedNano = AbsoluteToNanoseconds( *(AbsoluteTime *) &t );
 	# return (double)(* (uint64_t *) &elapsedNano) / 1000000;
 */ 
-	return f64(0)
 }
 
 pub fn sleep(seconds int) {