I don't recall seeing this mentioned here before, and I just read a post on Joel Spolsky's site about a new book, The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky. http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=453 Check out the list of names. Interesting lot. Especially that last guy. James Britt -- http://www.ruby-doc.org - The Ruby Documentation Site http://www.rubyxml.com - News, Articles, and Listings for Ruby & XML http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys