In message <97EAE4DFF3090649B74D7DA3D597679302BB1D3B@dnce02.ent.ti.com> you wrote: > Well this is probably not considered a shortcoming because when these > are needed, one switches to python or whatever, and forget about lua. Or alternatively, like me, you add a bit-twiddling library to Lua. Extendibility is its forte. People have been doing that for a long time now. -- Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com) Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/