RM>> I'd never even heard of Calculus before that. (It was a Grade 13
  >> math course at that time.) It was actually rather disappointing.
  >> I thought I'd invented something new..  B)

MP>I took algebra and calculus in school, and had to take a semester of calc
  >in college.  I have never, ever thought of it as a shortcut to figuring
  >anything out.    I guess maybe it works that way if you really know what
  >you are doing.

I never found a use for Calculus outside of school but anyone who
does a lot of computer pregramming is usually well aware of Algebra.
I wrote one financial program that had a line with over 20 levels
of parenthesis with multiple variables.

There were simpler ways to do it in multiple steps but I figured
if it works in one operation, why use more lines of code..  B)

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 * SLMR Rob  * After seeing Barney, no WONDER dinosaurs are extinct!
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