Most readers have probably seen this already, but there is a fascinating interview with Stroustrup on Slashdot, in which Bjarne asserts that, yes, indeed, C++ *is* a great first language. :-) http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/02/25/1034222&mode=thread Cheers, Jason Asbahr Origin Systems, Inc. jasbahr@origin.ea.com