i dont want anyone to get their hopes up, but ive been delving into the code pretty heavily in the last week or so, and have got about half of the files compiling on my NetBSD system. its starting to come together nicely as a matter of fact.
when im done, im pretty sure it will work on windows too, just minus a GUI. this will hopefully provide some minor speed improvments and bugfixes, and hopefully not introduce too many other bugs.
and yes ur right, examinig the source has taken a long time

however i dont claim to comprehend all the code, but i think im getting close.
i will let everyone know if/when i have something substantial to show for my efforts.