heheheh now that all depends. If I run: perl -e'package hell; print *holes;' Then I get as output: *hell::holes Which actually more closely describes where programmers usually find employment, not the programmers that are employed there. Common mistake that. use strict and -w from now on and it will help you to not make these kinds of mistakes in the future. :) Camilo Gonzalez wrote: > I don't work with a lot of programmers. I hope to get into a situation where > I do. Is it fair to say the majority are *holes? > > -- -- Perl, because 600 billion oysters can't be wrong Canadian Consulting Services' pet perl hacker David Labatte [EMAIL PROTECTED]