The subject of GPS came up recently with someone who is on one of the GPS projects, an old Ada student of mine. He says the programmers working on the newer versions of the GPS software, originally written in Ada, want to use C++. Richard [log in to unmask] AdaWorks Software Engineering Suite 30 2555 Park Boulevard Palo Alto, CA 94306 (415) 328-1815 FAX 328-1112