On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Michael G Schwern wrote: > I don't think its quite understood *what* RFC 225 is proposing. any() > and all() aren't just some sort of glorified grep() operators. Its > quantum superpositions! Aha! The case gets _more_ interesting. I (and everyone else) was mislead by the RFC which in fact doesn't state anything more interesting than a glorified grep. (Rule one of web writing, never put all the interesting stuff on the far side of a link. Most readers will read whats on the page, and if it isn't clear the really good stuff is down that link, they are not going to follow it.) Hmm, I might try my hand at reimplementing Conway's stuff in Ruby. Might be an interesting exercise. John Carter Work Email : john / netsys.co.za Private email : cyent / mweb.co.za Yell Phone : 083-543-6915 Phone : 27-12-348-4246 Carter's Compass... I know I'm on the right track when by deleting code I'm adding functionality.