I said I would put the slides and examples from the talks I gave at the Python UK conference online. They may be found at: http://dales.rmplc.co.uk/Duncan/accu -- Duncan Booth duncan@dales.rmplc.co.uk int month(char *p){return(124864/((p[0]+p[1]- p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12)["\5\x8\3" "\6\7\xb\1\x9\xa\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure? http://dales.rmplc.co.uk/Duncan