I should also include the following: Python 1.5.2 (#1, Oct 13 1999, 14:15:09) [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs- on linux2 Linux ephedra 2.2.7 #2 Thu May 6 14:10:35 EST 1999 i686 unknown (Redhat 6.0) glibc-2.1.1