In message <200503311436.49924.probertm / acm.org>, Mark Probert <probertm / acm.org> writes >I am not sure, however I seem to recall that it was developed more along the >lines of the VAX VMS than Unix. Dave Cutler was the architect for VMS and NT. Under the Win32 API, pretty much everything is an object. This is exposed at the API level by handles to the objects. Probably better considered as object-based rather than object oriented. Stephen -- Stephen Kellett Object Media Limited http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk RSI Information: http://www.objmedia.demon.co.uk/rsi.html