> I am also nervous about > languages where whitespace is significant ;-). I was also very sceptical about indendation as syntactical grouping, but after some use it comes very natural. My only problem is that you can not just comment out a surrounding if. I find the 'copying by sharing' more difficult to work with. But in retrospect I am very uneasy about having programmed a lot in a language which syntax I still don't fully understand.... Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu