>>>>> "M" == Mathieu Bouchard <matju / sympatico.ca> writes: M> Perl's "tie" is by all standards a hack. However, from a user's point of M> view, it _works_, and as an idea it _works too_. What do you call _works_ ? Just look at "Tying FileHandles". It's always easy to implement something which work partially and try to hide the problems (do you remember "my" ?) Guy Decoux