>OTH, allowing ``a=4'' as a shorthand for ``put 4 into a'' harms <nobody, and meets with the expediency criterion; just don't require >it. Hi John, I do often write myVar = x. But I like the fact that there is a different logic for properties and variables. set the width to 100 put 100 into myVar You would loose this with the x = 4 syntax. Marielle