thanks for pointing out the distinctions, and elaborating and referencing them, true of course.
Chinese BASIC and Arab J were Ian's comments. Yes, i was thinking of the Indians that gave us the zero, and more, the zero that was of late rediscovered by CAS programming languages. And yes, the Persians and others contributed, Omar Kayan, and so on, and so on. small world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
