Hello MikkelFJ, Sunday, September 29, 2002, 3:31:33 PM, you wrote: M> When comparing at functional language like OCaml (ignoring it's object M> system) to Ruby, it doesn't really matter whether you write "find obj 2" or M> you write "obj.find 2". However, it does matter whether you write "Hash.find M> obj 2" or you write "List.find obj 2". In other words, the functional style M> requires you to know what kind of an object you are dealing with and use the no, it's dealed by overloading mechanism -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz / integ.ru