This is probably old news to many here, but I found it to be an interesting read, with implications for Ruby. "Succinctness is Power" Paul Graham -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume rdm / cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development