Hi there I've recetnly downloaded Ruby for windows. It seems great! Very tidy / flexible language. I have a few questions though: 1. Security. If I were to deploy Ruby in a commercial app, would I have to leave the source code exposed for modification or can it be compiled/encrypted in any way? 2. COM - I read some old posts regarding a project where Ruby classes could be accessed within VB using CreateObject. The project home page seems to have dissappeared. Has this side of things died a death? 3. .NET. Is a variation of Ruby being ported to .NET? Regards, -- Tobin Harris ----------------------------- Exception in AlarmClock::SetTime. 4.00am is not an acceptable hour to be waking up.