Ok, So I'm still trying to figure out what stores the characters in a Rope. A string or an array? Judging from the fact that you have ArrayRope, I'm thinking it might be an Array. On Sep 3, 2007, at 5:42 AM, Gustav Munkby wrote: > # ArrayRope > Build: 0.010000 0.010000 0.020000 ( 0.009744) > Sort: 0.130000 0.000000 0.130000 ( 0.138330) > > # ArrayRope (with dup) > Build: 0.240000 0.160000 0.400000 ( 0.402201) > Sort: 0.160000 0.000000 0.160000 ( 0.163022) Help! Ari --------------------------------------------| If you're not living on the edge, then you're just wasting space.