> BTW, how about the name "pipeline"? pipeline piper pipes gnupipes ("new pipes") Maybe even... plumber visual pipes tubes pvc copper They convey the idea of "flow", don't they? Jeff -- +----------------------------------+ | J.W. Bizzaro | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/~jeff/ | | | | BIOINFORMATICS.ORG | | The Open Lab | | | | http://bioinformatics.org/ | +----------------------------------+