Absolutley New to C, but have a mix of a little Java & Ruby experience, and I am messing about with Python and Unix Shell Script. Have OSX on my MBP and Ubunu Linux Hardy on Family PC! Big Blender fan (hence the Python musings. Fluent in CSS HTML and fairly ok with PHP. Want to learn C cause its old and trusted and Low level(ish), and fairly simple. Definatley watch for newbie posts from me, (probably alot of DOH! postings! Stedav