Ada95 programmers under Linux might want to look occasionally on http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/linux-ada/ J�rgen Pfeifer has just recently uploaded a number of nice new RPMs, including GNAT (GNU Ada95 compiler), Florist (POSIX.5b Ada system call lib), GtkAda (Ada GNOME GUI lib), aflex/ayacc (Ada scanner/parser), lapada (linear algebra package), and adaplotutils (allows nice plotting to X, GIF, PNM, HPGL, Postscript, PCL, etc.). Learning a new programming language is always great fun, and if you are interested in beginner's information on Ada95 including online tutorials, there are numerous useful pointers to get started on http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ada.html http://www.adahome.com/ Enjoy, Markus -- Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK Email: mkuhn at acm.org, WWW: