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> Ya, that seems to be a sensible approach. It's hard for me to
> forget a lifetime of C-based brainwashing. ;-)
>
> Warren

The Unix-hater's Handbook has a nice chapter on C-based programming...
I found the explanation of what C's "arrays" are to be most helpful in
a [required] C class I took later.
It's freely downloadable here: http://simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf