From: Dave Thomas Date: 2004-11-17T01:17:50+09:00 Subject: Talk about mainstream... I'm sitting in a hotel room in England, trying to stay awake, watching University Challenge on TV. During a round of computing questions, the presenter asked: "Which programming language was named after a precious stone by its creator, Yukihiro Matsumoto, to suggest it is a jewel of a language?" The team answered Perl. Cambridge folk - go figure. Anyway, I guess we're mainstream :) Cheers Dave