On the subjest of languages recognizing #\MINUS_SIGN (−), what about #\MULTIPLICATION_SIGN (×), #\DIVISION_SIGN (÷), #\PLUS-MINUS_SIGN (±), #\MINUS-OR-PLUS_SIGN (∓), and a few others, such as #\INFINITY (∞) and the like? Just how quickly is the UCS perfusing programming? -JimC -- James Cloos <cloos at jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6