The first person out of the box with comments really gets ripped to shreds around here! So, we should all just toe the party line and say "There are NO drawbacks to using Ada". If he stands up and says that, and there is someone in the group that knows only the old rumors and challenges him with the old rumors, he'll be unprepared to answer them. Marsha S. Roepe Industrial and Software Engineer DCMC Lockheed Martin Orlando, Information Systems Company (407) 306 - 5448