Sorry Nick, <> means "not equal to" in a lot of languages and illustrates the dangers of switching to human communication after a long day working in code ;) http://xkcd.com/149/ Cheers Kyle On Apr 1, 2008, at 23:27, Nick May wrote: > what does <> mean in this context, and in what computer language...Received on Wed Apr 2 02:03:01 2008