Hi Clemens, > Dat> That's it, bravo. Your salary is not 2 cents at all. My code > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Dat, > > What do you mean by this sentence! Either my english is a lot worser I > thought or you was a bit unpolite here, wasn't you? This is slightly amusing. You both speak good English. But I understand what Dat meant -- Yasushi used the phrase "my two cents' worth" and Dat was saying, no, this is worth MUCH MORE than two cents... But I see where the confusion comes from -- from the English language itself. I had two years of German, and I recall my professor saying, "Feel sorry for the Germans learning English -- a language where the past tense of 'must' is 'had to.'" ObRuby: How is Ruby catching on in countries other than Japan and the U.S.? Anything interesting to report? Hal Fulton