Is C++ the death star to C? I just read some news that shocked me! Page 420-421 O'Reilly "Running Linux" 3rd edition: "There's also a new kid on the block, egcs. egcs is not a completely new compiler, but is based on gcc. egcs has some advanced optimization features and is especially strong when it comes to C++ features like templates and namespaces. If you are going to do serious C++ programming, you will probably want to check it out"... (My C happy-face wrinkles repugnantly at the visual of a template, point and click object-oriented Candy Land) "The Free Software Foundation has recently announced that egcs will become their default compiler, thus replacing egcs' own ancestor gcc." !!!!!????!!!!!????? Is C on a one way trip to Hades, to join its friends B and COBOL in an icy logic tomb while fuzzy windows move into town?? - Jamie