diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoFDCStat.h b/eo/src/utils/eoFDCStat.h
index eaee82f2..134a64f0 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoFDCStat.h
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoFDCStat.h
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ public :
    */
     virtual void operator()(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop)
     {
+      unsigned i;
       if (!boolOpt)		   // take the local best
 	theBest = _pop.best_element();
       unsigned int pSize = _pop.size();
       distToBest.value().resize(pSize);
       fitnesses.value().resize(pSize);
       double sumFit = 0.0, sumDist = 0.0;
-      for (unsigned i=0; i<pSize; i++)
+      for (i=0; i<pSize; i++)
 	{
 	  sumDist += (distToBest.value()[i] = dist(_pop[i], theBest));
 	  sumFit += (fitnesses.value()[i] = _pop[i].fitness());
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public :
       double avgFit = sumFit/pSize;
       sumDist = sumFit = 0.0;
       double num = 0.0;
-      for (unsigned i=0; i<pSize; i++)
+      for (i=0; i<pSize; i++)
 	{
 	  double devDist = distToBest.value()[i] - avgDist ;
 	  double devFit = fitnesses.value()[i] - avgFit ;
diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoTimeCounter.h b/eo/src/utils/eoTimeCounter.h
index 9f968bf2..0ff34ecc 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoTimeCounter.h
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoTimeCounter.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef _eoTimeCounter_h
 #define _eoTimeCounter_h
 
-#include <sys/times.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <utils/eoStat.h>
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
   virtual void operator()()
   {
     // ask for system time
-    times(&tmsStruct);
+    utime = clock();
 //     if (firstTime)	/* first generation */
 //       {
 // 	firstTime=false;
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ public:
 //       }
     // store elapsed user time
 //     value(tmsStruct.tms_utime - firstUtime);
-    value()=double(tmsStruct.tms_utime)/100;
+    value()=double(utime)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
   }
   
 private:
 //   bool firstTime;
 //   clock_t firstUtime;
-  struct tms tmsStruct;	// stores time
+  clock_t utime;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.h b/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.h
index a7413ec0..4d87906b 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.h
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoUpdater.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef _eoUpdater_h
 #define _eoUpdater_h
 
+#include <string>
 #include <eoFunctor.h>
 #include <utils/eoState.h>
 #include <utils/eoParam.h>
@@ -69,13 +70,13 @@ class eoIncrementorParam : public eoUpdater, public eoValueParam<T>
 {
 public :   
   /** Default Ctor : a name and optionally an increment*/
-  eoIncrementorParam(string _name, T _stepsize = 1) : 
+  eoIncrementorParam( std::string _name, T _stepsize = 1) : 
     eoValueParam<T>(T(0), _name), stepsize(_stepsize) {}
   
   /** Ctor with a name and non-zero initial value 
    *  and mandatory stepSize to remove ambiguity
    */
-  eoIncrementorParam(string _name, T _countValue, T _stepsize) : 
+  eoIncrementorParam( std::string _name, T _countValue, T _stepsize) : 
     eoValueParam<T>(_countValue, _name), stepsize(_stepsize) {}
 
   /** Simply increments */