On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:15:29 -0700, John Machin wrote: > OK, I'll bite: This was "new" in late 2000 when Python 2.0 was > released. Where have you been in the last ~6.5 years? Western civilization is 6,000 years old. Anything after 1850 is "new". *wink* -- Steven.