On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 22:30:02 +0900, David Alan Black wrote: > (s/%/#/g) i would have been scratching my head over that one for a few seconds :) > which (Perl background?) strikes me as a better technique (if it > wouldn't make your [Tony] port too arduous). i know perl better than i know any other language right now...but i want the ruby port to be as 'ruby' as it can be... a few of the planet variables will not change during the course of a game. others will change every turn... -- *---------------------------------------- | |http://www.biosys.net/snowzone | |remove myspleen to email | *-----------------------