i found this funny.. most of you probably know, what ffs means.. if not, see here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FFS but standard C library says otherwise: FFS(3) BSD Library Functions Manual FFS(3) NAME ffs, ffsl, fls, flsl -- find first or last bit set in a bit string ... ffs! why using such obscure naming?!?! and this is one of the examples, why i prefer smalltalk over C. -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.