note eyepopslikeamosquito <P> In the middle of the night it occurred to me that a further stroke can be shaved by changing the terminating regex from <C>/, 99.*\n\n/</C> to <C>/, 99\D+/</C>, producing the following 161 stroker: <CODE> /s/until@c=(@b=(++$n,bottle.$&,of,beer),on,the,wall),s/^/Take one down and pass it around, @c. @c, @b. /,/, 99\D+/;print$'."Go to the store and buy some more$&" </CODE> The same trick can be applied to Ruby also. </P> 903641 906633