Ann,

Apology accepted.

But I'd quibble with the assertion that "...Delphi programmers understand
and use objects the way Java programmers do..."

Given that Object Pascal was introduced about twenty years ago -- way back
in the dark days of DOS -- could it be that Java programmers understand and
use objects the way that Pascal programmers do?

Just a thought.

(And many thanks for all of your contributions to the forum and to
Firebird!)

-- Greg Peterson