Ah, forget about the snake. It was an invention of those-who-watch-blue-screens, and I guess Guido only jumped on the bandwagon because those-who-gave-us-bluescreens offered him lots of money or something. On Real Machines Python still uses the One And Only True Python Icon, and will continue to do so by popular demand (although those-who-used-to-watch-bluescreens-but-saw-the-light occasionally complain:-). -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ www.oratrix.nl/~jack | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm