RJT> Let me add to that a quote that's stuck in my 
 RJT> memory.  I'm not sure of the exact wording,  but 
 RJT> it goes something pretty much like "No program 
 RJT> should leave its sanity at the mercy of its 
 RJT> input."  That was written in one of the magazines 
 RJT> I used to read by P. J. Plauger.  That name ring 
 RJT> any bells?  :-)
 
Ah, Mr. Plauger, good man; currently writing for Dr. Dobbs, I think.
 
Those are definately words to live by. 
 
Wes

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