I converted IntenseX to Lite-c about a month ago. 878k of code compiles in about 9 secs. It used to be faster in c-script, but i don't mind the couple of extra seconds, as long as the .exe will still run at a descent speed. So I guess it's not really the volume of code, but certain elements in it that my code is missing, or yours and Lukas have a lot of..
I use a Pentium D 3.4gh with 2gigs of ram on XP