Hi! I now and then come across Python and Perl programs with permitting licenses that seemingly contain code I would like to assimilate. As far as Perl is concerned this is no problem, my knowledge of Perl is good enough (actually the development of rubric started with an assimilation of a Perl program :-) The problem with Python is that Python's syntax looks awful to me and don't like the idea of learn more Python than necessary for assimilation. Is there an online Python tutorial that just describes the skeleton and what which function is good for? Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT -- http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/ - German comp.lang.ruby-FAQ http://rubyforge.org/users/jupp/ - Ruby projects at Rubyforge -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Germany 2004: To boldly spy where no GESTAPO / STASI has spied before