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Snarf! I don't think I've heard this term ("Snarky") used in "forever"... but sadly/strangely/wonderfully, it does describe Doug's style of humor. Knowing Doug pretty well and being on the Snarky end of his humor from time to time (always well deserved and returned, I must add) I can understand how the extra row of kinked barbs along the shaft of his snarky lampoons can gouge and dig if you don't already have some scarred over lacerations (shaped to fit) to turn them aside. I love all of my legacy languages, just as much as I love the growing pile of "old tech" in my shed (Wicat Unix box, Sun 1, Toaster Mac, NeXT, SGI 02, etc... ). Not to mention all of the wondrous vehicles I've owned, and am proud to share with anyone likely to appreciate them. A few potential targets of derision out of my nearly 40 vehicles (planes, trains, automobiles, tractors, motorcycles, etc.) include a '65 Fairlane, a '73 Gremlin, a '72 Maverick, a '71 Suzuki 350 2-stroke, '67 VW beetle, '69 Datsun 510, etc... But don't dare make fun of my '47 Luscombe Aerocoupe, '72 Honda SL350, '85 Kubota 6500 4x4, '49 dump truck, the '64 T-bird, the '64 VW convertible, the '86 VW Cabriolet, or my '03 Nissan Crew 4x4! My daily drivers are C++ and Java and I can be cajoled into taking PERL and *sh variants out for a spin now and then. The APL and Snobol and Prolog manuals on my self (actually on the shelf at the sfComplex self-organizing library) are all old friends which I open as often as the Haynes repair manual for my long-lost '73 Gremlin! I loved those languages (and that Gremlin!). Snarf! - Steve
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