Casey Rousseau wrote: > Grace I haven't heard of either. Admiral Grace Hopper. Helped invent COBOL, among many, many other things. The thing I best remember her for is, when discussing the possible speed of computers, she pointed out that "this (holding her hands about one foot apart) is a nanosecond." In other words, light travels about a foot in a nanosecond. This is an extremely cool thing to know. And the only reason why I'll miss the English measurement system when it finally goes. :-) She was the Grand Old Lady of computing. There aren't many heroes in my field, but she was one of them, along with Alan Turing and a very few others. > Then again I wasa Math major, not CS. Heathen! -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/