You could also make a C++ version that is "inspired by" (not derived directly from) kapi. How hard would it be to do that? Are you *SURE* there is no GNU C or C++ version out there somewhere? Jeff -- J.W. Bizzaro jeff at bioinformatics.org Director, Bioinformatics.org: The Open Lab http://bioinformatics.org/~jeff "All those scientists--they're all alike! They say they're working for us, but what they really want is to rule the world!" -- Angry Villager, Young Frankenstein --