Access is free, but you do have to release some personal info (or lie about it).

http://www10.nytimes.com/library/98/07/biztech/articles/30email-flaw.html

The good news is that it recognizes a serious flaw in C/C++ (lack of
range-checking).  The bad news is that it says the only solution is Java
but Java is too slow. (not the exact words, but pretty close).

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Wes Groleau
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau