Am 15. Aug, 2000 schwäzte David Sinck so: > > \_ Generaly eval() is seen as being expensive for execution efficiency. How > \_ about throw/catch mechanisms in other languages? > > IIRC, eval {block} is mentioned as being faster than eval "$string". Cool. I hadn't seen that before. ciao, der.hans -- # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Opnix.com # If you're not learning, you're not living. - der.hans