I would work on a multiproc/workflow ability in lisp, if I could make some of that part available to others. (ie. as it works in w/some of my basic PSE ideas) I would (like to) use your work as example to try this. I also think I could suggest other uses of your work, other than derivatives. You could at last consider (more general) data-mining consulting as an offshoot. It sounds like the work done at Franz has been expensive and not taken the practical/speed needs fully into account. I know I won't be able to do as good a job as the experts at Franz. Yet it is something I am interested in, and if I could derive some benefit (as above &/or -see-lnk-) then I'm sure that it could be done for significantly less. _Michael bobak@computer.org __ http://mike.bobak.googlepages.com/ip