Hi, Folks, I've read an article that says that since program get a static variable's storage from the heap, the program can access static variables faster than it can access automatic ones. Is that true? Thanks. Bill ________________________________________________________________ "Pro-choice?" Then click here. http://cathinsight.com/morality/saying.htm "Men must look for the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ... When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony." Pope Pius XI