JK> 
JK> Thanks for all your help, perpahs you can help me with another
JK> problem... I'm in need of a string class that will work ratehr
JK> uniformally on systems, 
Hi Jamie,
  One thing you might consider is using the latest HP UX compiler!  This
compiler (aCC) is an (almost) ANSI standard C++ compiler.  As such it
supports the ANSI string class that will in time be available on ALL
(ANSI) C++ compilers.  In addition, the other library classes are also
ANSI standard and hopefully portable as such.  I do not know if that
is realistic for you or not.  I.e. I do not know if you can get your
manager to shell out the $$ for the thing.
Best of Luck
Peter
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