diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/function.h b/tools/qfcc/include/function.h
index 7b7aa1515..0ee07f943 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/function.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/function.h
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 typedef struct function_s {
 	struct function_s  *next;
-	dfunction_t        *dfunc;
 	pr_auxfunction_t   *aux;		// debug info;
 	int                 builtin;	// if non 0, call an internal function
 	int                 code;		// first statement
 	int                 function_num;
-	const char         *file;		// source file with definition
+	string_t            s_file;		// source file with definition
+	string_t            s_name;
 	int                 file_line;
 	struct def_s       *def;
 	struct scope_s     *scope;
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ param_t *_reverse_params (param_t *params, param_t *next);
 param_t *reverse_params (param_t *params);
 struct type_s *parse_params (struct type_s *type, param_t *params);
 void build_scope (function_t *f, struct def_s *func, param_t *params);
-function_t *new_function (void);
+function_t *new_function (const char *name);
 function_t *build_builtin_function (struct def_s *def, struct expr_s *bi_val);
 void build_function (function_t *f);
 void finish_function (function_t *f);
 void emit_function (function_t *f, struct expr_s *e);
+int function_parms (function_t *f, byte *parm_size);
 
 #endif//__function_h
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h b/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
index bb0e4175f..73b000cef 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ extern	string_t	s_file;			// filename for function definition
 
 const char *strip_path (const char *filename);
 
+const char *save_string (const char *str);
+
 #define ALLOC(s, t, n, v)							\
 	do {											\
 		if (!free_##n) {							\
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/class.c b/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
index 76efd753c..b25ba6411 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class_finish_module (void)
 
 	exec_class_def = get_def (&type_obj_exec_class, "__obj_exec_class",
 								pr.scope, 1);
-	exec_class_func = new_function ();
+	exec_class_func = new_function ("__obj_exec_class");
 	exec_class_func->builtin = 0;
 	exec_class_func->def = exec_class_def;
 	exec_class_func->refs = new_reloc (exec_class_def->ofs, rel_def_func);
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class_finish_module (void)
 	finish_function (exec_class_func);
 
 	init_def = get_def (&type_function, ".ctor", pr.scope, 1);
-	init_func = new_function ();
+	init_func = new_function (".ctor");
 	init_func->def = init_def;
 	init_func->refs = new_reloc (init_def->ofs, rel_def_func);
 	init_func->code = pr.num_statements;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/def.c b/tools/qfcc/source/def.c
index 46569674e..f81ded148 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/def.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/def.c
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ static void
 vector_component (def_t *vec, int comp, scope_t *scope)
 {
 	def_t      *d;
+	const char *name;
 
-	d = new_def (&type_float, va (vector_component_names[comp], vec->name),
-				 scope);
+	name = save_string (va (vector_component_names[comp], vec->name));
+	d = new_def (&type_float, name, scope);
 	d->used = 1;
 	d->parent = vec;
 	d->ofs = vec->ofs + comp;
@@ -147,9 +148,10 @@ static void
 vector_field_component (def_t *vec, int comp, scope_t *scope)
 {
 	def_t      *d;
+	const char *name;
 
-	d = new_def (&type_floatfield, va (vector_component_names[comp], vec->name),
-				 scope);
+	name = save_string (va (vector_component_names[comp], vec->name));
+	d = new_def (&type_floatfield, name, scope);
 	d->used = 1;				// always `used'
 	d->parent = vec;
 	d->ofs = vec->ofs + comp;
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ new_def (type_t *type, const char *name, scope_t *scope)
 
 	def->return_addr = __builtin_return_address (0);
 
-	def->name = name ? strdup (name) : 0;
+	def->name = name;
 	def->type = type;
 
 	def->scope = scope;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index 064db525d..b51560e92 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -669,21 +669,20 @@ print_expr (expr_t *e)
 static expr_t *
 do_op_string (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 {
-	int         len;
-	char       *buf;
 	const char *s1, *s2;
+	static dstring_t *temp_str;
 
 	s1 = e1->e.string_val ? e1->e.string_val : "";
 	s2 = e2->e.string_val ? e2->e.string_val : "";
 
 	switch (op) {
 		case '+':
-			len = strlen (s1) + strlen (s2) + 1;
-			buf = malloc (len);
-			SYS_CHECKMEM (buf);
-			strcpy (buf, s1);
-			strcat (buf, s2);
-			e1->e.string_val = buf;
+			if (!temp_str)
+				temp_str = dstring_newstr ();
+			dstring_clearstr (temp_str);
+			dstring_appendstr (temp_str, s1);
+			dstring_appendstr (temp_str, s2);
+			e1->e.string_val = save_string (temp_str->str);
 			break;
 		case LT:
 			e1->type = ex_integer;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/function.c b/tools/qfcc/source/function.c
index d44701c0f..11a3b4dd6 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/function.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/function.c
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #include "reloc.h"
 #include "type.h"
 
+static param_t *free_params;
+static function_t *free_functions;
+
 param_t *
 new_param (const char *selector, type_t *type, const char *name)
 {
-	param_t    *param = malloc (sizeof (param_t));
+	param_t    *param;
 
+	ALLOC (4096, param_t, params, param);
 	param->next = 0;
 	param->selector = selector;
 	param->type = type;
@@ -165,14 +169,17 @@ build_scope (function_t *f, def_t *func, param_t *params)
 }
 
 function_t *
-new_function (void)
+new_function (const char *name)
 {
 	function_t	*f;
 
-	f = calloc (1, sizeof (function_t));
+	ALLOC (1024, function_t, functions, f);
+
 	*pr.func_tail = f;
 	pr.func_tail = &f->next;
 	f->function_num = pr.num_functions++;
+	f->s_name = ReuseString (name);
+	f->s_file = s_file;
 	return f;
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ build_builtin_function (def_t *def, expr_t *bi_val)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	f = new_function ();
+	f = new_function (def->name);
 
 	f->builtin = bi_val->type == ex_integer ? bi_val->e.integer_val
 											: (int)bi_val->e.float_val;
@@ -213,28 +220,6 @@ build_function (function_t *f)
 void
 finish_function (function_t *f)
 {
-	dfunction_t *df;
-	int i, count;
-
-	df = calloc (1, sizeof (dfunction_t));
-	f->dfunc = df;
-
-	if (f->builtin)
-		df->first_statement = -f->builtin;
-	else
-		df->first_statement = f->code;
-
-	df->s_name = ReuseString (f->def->name);
-	df->s_file = s_file;
-	df->numparms = f->def->type->num_parms;
-	if (f->scope)
-		df->locals = f->scope->space->size;
-	df->parm_start = 0;
-	if ((count = df->numparms) < 0)
-		count = -count - 1;
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		df->parm_size[i] = type_size (f->def->type->parm_types[i]);
-
 	if (f->aux) {
 		def_t *def;
 		f->aux->function = f->function_num;
@@ -275,3 +260,18 @@ emit_function (function_t *f, expr_t *e)
 
 	//puts ("");
 }
+
+int
+function_parms (function_t *f, byte *parm_size)
+{
+	int         count, i;
+
+	if (f->def->type->num_parms >= 0)
+		count = f->def->type->num_parms;
+	else
+		count = -f->def->type->num_parms - 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		parm_size[i] = type_size (f->def->type->parm_types[i]);
+	return f->def->type->num_parms;
+}
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
index bc1f16a31..de848cec2 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ setup_data (void)
 	for (d = pr.scope->head; d; d = d->def_next)
 		write_def (d, def++, &reloc);
 	for (f = pr.func_head; f; f = f->next) {
-		func->name           = LittleLong (f->dfunc->s_name);
-		func->file           = LittleLong (f->dfunc->s_file);
+		func->name           = LittleLong (f->s_name);
+		func->file           = LittleLong (f->s_file);
 		func->line           = LittleLong (f->def->line);
 		func->builtin        = LittleLong (f->builtin);
 		func->code           = LittleLong (f->code);
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@ setup_data (void)
 		func->num_local_defs = LittleLong (f->scope->num_defs);
 		if (f->aux)
 			func->line_info  = LittleLong (f->aux->line_info);
-		func->num_parms      = LittleLong (f->dfunc->numparms);
-		memcpy (func->parm_size, f->dfunc->parm_size, MAX_PARMS);
+		func->num_parms      = LittleLong (function_parms (f, func->parm_size));
 		func->relocs         = LittleLong (reloc - relocs);
 		write_relocs (f->refs, &reloc);
 
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
index 649c0f5aa..c02f6178a 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include <QF/dstring.h>
 #include <QF/hash.h>
 #include <QF/sys.h>
+
 #include "qfcc.h"
 #include "expr.h"
 #include "class.h"
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ int do_grab (char *token);
 
 void add_frame_macro (char *token);
 
-char *make_string (char *token);
+const char *make_string (char *token);
 
 extern YYSTYPE yylval;
 extern int element_flag;
@@ -136,18 +138,18 @@ m		([\-+]?)
 					}
 
 '(\\[^xX0-7\r\n]|[^'\r\n]|\\[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+|\\[0-7]+)*'	{
-						char *str = make_string (yytext);
+						const char *str = make_string (yytext);
 
 						if (str[1])
 							warning (0, "multibyte char constant");
 						yylval.integer_val = *str;
-						free (str);
 						return INT_VAL;
 					}
 
 ^#{s}+{DIGIT}+{s}+\"(\.|[^"\n])*\".*$ {
 						char *p;
 						char *s;
+						const char *str;
 						int line;
 						
 						p = yytext + 1;
@@ -157,12 +159,11 @@ m		([\-+]?)
 							p++;
 						if (!*p)
 							error (0, "Unexpected end of file");
-						s = make_string (p);		// grab the filename
+						str = make_string (p);		// grab the filename
 						while (*p && *p != '\n')	// ignore flags
 							p++;
 						pr_source_line = line - 1;
-						s_file = ReuseString (strip_path (s));
-						free (s);
+						s_file = ReuseString (strip_path (str));
 					}
 
 [+\-*/&|^%]=		{
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ type_or_name (char *token)
 		yylval.type = type;
 		return TYPE;
 	}
-	yylval.string_val = strdup (token);
+	yylval.string_val = save_string (token);
 	return NAME;
 }
 
@@ -369,7 +370,6 @@ static void
 frame_free (void *_f, void *unused)
 {
 	frame_t    *f = (frame_t *)_f;
-	free ((char*)f->name);
 	f->next = free_frames;
 	free_frames = f;
 }
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ add_frame_macro (char *token)
 	frame_t *frame;
 	ALLOC (1024, frame_t, frames, frame);
 
-	frame->name = strdup (token);
+	frame->name = save_string (token);
 	frame->num = frame_number++;
 	Hash_Add (frame_tab, frame);
 }
@@ -425,18 +425,22 @@ clear_frame_macros (void)
 		Hash_FlushTable (frame_tab);
 }
 
-char *
+const char *
 make_string (char *token)
 {
-	char       *str, *s;
+	char        s[2];
 	int         c;
 	int         i;
 	int         mask;
 	int         boldnext;
 	int         quote;
+	static dstring_t *str;
 
-	s = str = malloc (strlen (token) + 1);
-	SYS_CHECKMEM (str);
+	if (!str)
+		str = dstring_newstr ();
+	dstring_clearstr (str);
+
+	s[1] = 0;
 
 	mask = 0x00;
 	boldnext = 0;
@@ -574,17 +578,17 @@ make_string (char *token)
 					break;
 			}
 		} else if (c == quote) {
-			*s++ = 0;
 			break;;
 		}
 		if (boldnext)
 			c = c ^ 0x80;
 		boldnext = 0;
 		c = c ^ mask;
-		*s++ = c;
+		s[0] = c;
+		dstring_appendstr (str, s);
 	} while (1);
 
-	return str;
+	return save_string (str->str);
 }
 
 static void *(*const yy_flex_realloc_hack)(void *,yy_size_t) = yy_flex_realloc;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index b54d80bbc..532841726 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void free_local_inits (hashtab_t *def_list);
 	expr_t		*expr;
 	int			integer_val;
 	float		float_val;
-	char		*string_val;
+	const char *string_val;
 	float		vector_val[3];
 	float		quaternion_val[4];
 	struct function_s *function;
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ opt_comma
 begin_function
 	: /*empty*/
 		{
-			$$ = current_func = new_function ();
+			$$ = current_func = new_function (current_def->name);
 			$$->def = current_def;
 			$$->refs = new_reloc ($$->def->ofs, rel_def_func);
 			$$->code = pr.num_statements;
@@ -1204,29 +1204,29 @@ keywordselector
 
 selector
 	: NAME
-	| TYPE						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
+	| TYPE						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
 	| reserved_word
 	;
 
 reserved_word
-	: LOCAL						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| RETURN					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| WHILE						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| DO						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| IF						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| ELSE						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| FOR						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| BREAK						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| CONTINUE					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| SWITCH					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| CASE						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| DEFAULT					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| NIL						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| STRUCT					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| UNION						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| ENUM						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| TYPEDEF					{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
-	| SUPER						{ $$ = strdup (yytext); }
+	: LOCAL						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| RETURN					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| WHILE						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| DO						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| IF						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| ELSE						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| FOR						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| BREAK						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| CONTINUE					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| SWITCH					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| CASE						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| DEFAULT					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| NIL						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| STRUCT					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| UNION						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| ENUM						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| TYPEDEF					{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
+	| SUPER						{ $$ = save_string (yytext); }
 	;
 
 keyworddecl
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qfcc.c b/tools/qfcc/source/qfcc.c
index 31a3a25ec..c737a9135 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qfcc.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qfcc.c
@@ -98,6 +98,27 @@ const char *big_function = 0;
 ddef_t      *fields;
 int         numfielddefs;
 
+hashtab_t  *saved_strings;
+
+static const char *
+ss_get_key (void *s, void *unused)
+{
+	return (const char *)s;
+}
+
+const char *
+save_string (const char *str)
+{
+	char       *s;
+	if (!saved_strings)
+		saved_strings = Hash_NewTable (16381, ss_get_key, 0, 0);
+	s = Hash_Find (saved_strings, str);
+	if (s)
+		return s;
+	s = strdup (str);
+	Hash_Add (saved_strings, s);
+	return s;
+}
 
 void
 InitData (void)
@@ -134,8 +155,8 @@ WriteData (int crc)
 	FILE       *h;
 	int         i;
 
-	globals = calloc (pr.scope->num_defs, sizeof (ddef_t));
-	fields = calloc (pr.scope->num_defs, sizeof (ddef_t));
+	globals = calloc (pr.scope->num_defs + 1, sizeof (ddef_t));
+	fields = calloc (pr.scope->num_defs + 1, sizeof (ddef_t));
 
 	for (def = pr.scope->head; def; def = def->def_next) {
 		if (!def->global || !def->name)
@@ -192,20 +213,17 @@ WriteData (int crc)
 	SafeWrite (h, pr.statements, pr.num_statements * sizeof (dstatement_t));
 
 	{
-		function_t *f;
+		dfunction_t *df;
 
 		progs.ofs_functions = ftell (h);
 		progs.numfunctions = pr.num_functions;
-		pr.functions = malloc (pr.num_functions * sizeof (dfunction_t));
-		for (i = 1, f = pr.func_head; f; i++, f = f->next) {
-			pr.functions[i].first_statement =
-				LittleLong (f->dfunc->first_statement);
-			pr.functions[i].parm_start = LittleLong (f->dfunc->parm_start);
-			pr.functions[i].s_name = LittleLong (f->dfunc->s_name);
-			pr.functions[i].s_file = LittleLong (f->dfunc->s_file);
-			pr.functions[i].numparms = LittleLong (f->dfunc->numparms);
-			pr.functions[i].locals = LittleLong (f->dfunc->locals);
-			memcpy (pr.functions[i].parm_size, f->dfunc->parm_size, MAX_PARMS);
+		for (i = 0, df = pr.functions + 1; i < pr.num_functions; i++, df++) {
+			df->first_statement = LittleLong (df->first_statement);
+			df->parm_start      = LittleLong (df->parm_start);
+			df->s_name          = LittleLong (df->s_name);
+			df->s_file          = LittleLong (df->s_file);
+			df->numparms        = LittleLong (df->numparms);
+			df->locals          = LittleLong (df->locals);
 		}
 		SafeWrite (h, pr.functions, pr.num_functions * sizeof (dfunction_t));
 	}
@@ -320,6 +338,7 @@ finish_compilation (void)
 	def_t      *def;
 	expr_t      e;
 	ex_label_t *l;
+	dfunction_t *df;
 
 	class_finish_module ();
 	// check to make sure all functions prototyped have code
@@ -351,14 +370,25 @@ finish_compilation (void)
 		relocate_refs (def->refs, def->ofs);
 	}
 
-	for (f = pr.func_head; f; f = f->next) {
-		if (f->builtin || !f->code)
+	pr.functions = calloc (pr.num_functions + 1, sizeof (dfunction_t));
+	for (df = pr.functions + 1, f = pr.func_head; f; df++, f = f->next) {
+		df->s_name = f->s_name;
+		df->s_file = f->s_file;
+		df->numparms = function_parms (f, df->parm_size);
+		if (f->scope)
+			df->locals = f->scope->space->size;
+		if (f->builtin) {
+			df->first_statement = -f->builtin;
 			continue;
+		}
+		if (!f->code)
+			continue;
+		df->first_statement = f->code;
 		if (f->scope->space->size > num_localdefs) {
 			num_localdefs = f->scope->space->size;
 			big_function = f->def->name;
 		}
-		f->dfunc->parm_start = pr.near_data->size;
+		df->parm_start = pr.near_data->size;
 		for (def = f->scope->head; def; def = def->def_next) {
 			if (def->absolute)
 				continue;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/reloc.c b/tools/qfcc/source/reloc.c
index 477361966..069f32cf8 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/reloc.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/reloc.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ new_reloc (int ofs, reloc_type type)
 {
 	reloc_t    *ref;
 
-	ALLOC (1024, reloc_t, refs, ref);
+	ALLOC (16384, reloc_t, refs, ref);
 	ref->ofs = ofs;
 	ref->type = type;
 	return ref;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/struct.c b/tools/qfcc/source/struct.c
index 44d19940a..e6657f053 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/struct.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/struct.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ new_struct (const char *name)
 	strct->type->class = (struct class_s *)strct;
 	strct->is_union = 0;
 	if (name) {
-		strct->type->name = strdup (name);
+		strct->type->name = save_string (name);
 		Hash_Add (structs, strct);
 	}
 	return strct->type;