======================================= COBOL programs are an exercise in Artificial Inelegance. A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. Clones are people two. Microwaves frizz your heir. Cloning is the sincerest form of flattery. Small programs are for small minds. All programmers want arrays! I BM. You BM. We all BM for IBM! Cobol programmers are down in the dumps. Interchangeable parts won't. A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your thumbs. Counting in binary is just like counting in decimal, if you are all thumbs. We don't really understand it, so we'll give it to the programmers. Confess is good for the soul, but bad for your career. The concept seems to be clear by now. It has been defined several times by example of what it is not. APL is a write only language: You can write programs in it; but try and read them! Don't sweat it - it's only ones and zeros. If this is timesharing, give me my share right now. He who uses bad language is an ignorant schmuck. The best things in life are for a fee. There is no such thing as a "Fail Safe" design. Engineers do it precisely. Technicians do it a lot. Computer Engineers do it bit by bit. If I want your opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary form. Remember, the paper is always strongest at the perforations. There are two kinds of people in this world: Those that want to BE something, and those that want to DO something. (There is less competition in the second category). Computer actors will never be great; they only get bit parts! Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive insane. =======================================