Gawd bless the Net. For a cheap thrill -- nod, nod, wink, wink -- and an ever cheaper laugh, go to Amazon.co.uk. Under search, enter "Pointers in C" -- an obscure reference, I'm told, to the somewhat dry subject of C++ programming. Wait to be entertained.. Check out the paperback by Deborah Addington. It's enough to bring tears to your eyes. And be quick about it -- before Amazon gets drawn into fisticuffs over it... ®