FYI... I got an email from Amazon.com this morning, here's part of it: As someone who has purchased books about Perl or other scripting languages from us in the past, you might like to know that "Ruby In A Nutshell" is now available. You can order your copy at a savings of 30% by following the link below. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596002149/ref=mk_pb_bgs But, when you go to the link, it still says that the book has not been published yet... Phil -- rm -rf /bin/laden