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Yeah, array indices in C drive me nuts. That's why I love Fortran. Arrays start at 1 by default, like they ought to. But if you want, you can change the index to anything you want -- even have it go backwards. Beats the pants off C and C++. (Fortran95 also has pointers and structures and overloading, if you want them. Plus many commands will work on entire arrays at once. It's a beautiful language.)