> One of the things I *disliked* about Pascal was the number of (my > opinion) silly rules. In my limited experience it always pays to remember what the primary objectives of the original language were. Pascal was designed to teach good programming practices. The basic theory being that once you understand good programming practices then you aware of the implications of bending the rules. Chris Carr -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu