>>>>>You're killing me! How about:
>>>>>

>>>>>m.a = "Goodbye, cruel world!"
>>>>>m.a = m.a + 1
>>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Viv was only faster than me - I had the same idea.
>>>>
>>>>There should be a rule somewhere against posting "this will never crash" in a programming forum. It's almost like nerd sniping.
>>>
>>>No, it is nerd sniping ;)
>>
>>It wasn't meant that way. Mike's statement was fair within the context.
>
>Good intentions suffice if we assume Mike doesn't know us. But he does. It was an implicit challenge and he knew it... at some subconscious level (-18th floor, probably). Anyway, thanks for defending our collective honor ;).

Not nerd sniping; nit picking. ;)