diff --git a/Source/cmGetCMakePropertyCommand.cxx b/Source/cmGetCMakePropertyCommand.cxx
index e193cf5b0..c0e4683a2 100644
--- a/Source/cmGetCMakePropertyCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGetCMakePropertyCommand.cxx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ bool cmGetCMakePropertyCommand
     return false;
     }
 
-  std::vector<std::string>::size_type cc;
   std::string variable = args[0];
   std::string output = "NOTFOUND";
 
@@ -35,12 +34,15 @@ bool cmGetCMakePropertyCommand
     std::vector<std::string> vars = this->Makefile->GetDefinitions(cacheonly);
     if (!vars.empty())
       {
-      output = vars[0];
-      }
-    for ( cc = 1; cc < vars.size(); ++cc )
-      {
-      output += ";";
-      output += vars[cc];
+      output = "";
+      const char* sep = "";
+      std::vector<std::string>::size_type cc;
+      for ( cc = 0; cc < vars.size(); ++cc )
+        {
+        output += sep;
+        output += vars[cc];
+        sep = ";";
+        }
       }
     }
   else if ( args[1] == "MACROS" )
@@ -54,13 +56,12 @@ bool cmGetCMakePropertyCommand
         ->GetInstallComponents();
     std::set<std::string>::const_iterator compIt;
     output = "";
+    const char* sep = "";
     for (compIt = components->begin(); compIt != components->end(); ++compIt)
       {
-      if (compIt != components->begin())
-        {
-        output += ";";
-        }
+      output += sep;
       output += *compIt;
+      sep = ";";
       }
     }
   else
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index eb68e4986..aca4413a2 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -3752,15 +3752,12 @@ void cmMakefile::GetListOfMacros(std::string& macros) const
 {
   StringStringMap::const_iterator it;
   macros = "";
-  int cc = 0;
+  const char* sep = "";
   for ( it = this->MacrosMap.begin(); it != this->MacrosMap.end(); ++it )
     {
-    if ( cc > 0 )
-      {
-      macros += ";";
-      }
+    macros += sep;
     macros += it->first;
-    cc ++;
+    sep = "";
     }
 }
 
@@ -4205,15 +4202,14 @@ const char *cmMakefile::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
     }
   else if (prop == "LISTFILE_STACK")
     {
+    const char* sep = "";
     for (std::deque<std::string>::const_iterator
         i = this->ListFileStack.begin();
         i != this->ListFileStack.end(); ++i)
       {
-      if (i != this->ListFileStack.begin())
-        {
-        output += ";";
-        }
+      output += sep;
       output += *i;
+      sep = ";";
       }
     return output.c_str();
     }
@@ -4225,13 +4221,12 @@ const char *cmMakefile::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
       cacheonly = 1;
       }
     std::vector<std::string> vars = this->GetDefinitions(cacheonly);
+    const char* sep = "";
     for (unsigned int cc = 0; cc < vars.size(); cc ++ )
       {
-      if ( cc > 0 )
-        {
-        output += ";";
-        }
+      output += sep;
       output += vars[cc];
+      sep = ";";
       }
     return output.c_str();
     }
@@ -4247,19 +4242,16 @@ const char *cmMakefile::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
     }
   else if (prop == "LINK_DIRECTORIES")
     {
-    std::ostringstream str;
+    const char* sep = "";
     for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
          it = this->GetLinkDirectories().begin();
          it != this->GetLinkDirectories().end();
          ++ it )
       {
-      if ( it != this->GetLinkDirectories().begin())
-        {
-        str << ";";
-        }
-      str << it->c_str();
+      output += sep;
+      output += *it;
+      sep = ";";
       }
-    output = str.str();
     return output.c_str();
     }
   else if (prop == "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES")