Bill McEnaney wrote: > Sunblade 100 workstation that runs gcc-4.1.1. The C++ compiler, g++, > warned me that iostream had been deprecated. That's why I don't know No, it warned you that <iostream.h> is deprecated and should not be used, not <iostream> (which is the proper header to use, without the .h). <http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/coding-standards.html#faq-27.4> Brian