>How ya doin' Ed...
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>I understand your point, and I wasn't making a blanket statement. The points that Jim made explain my thoughts on the Private/Default DS very well. I, like you, used Default DSes until I ran into a variety of programming situations wherein the Private DS just made more sense. Maybe the type of apps I write are better suited to Private, whereas your apps may be better suited to Default.
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>Have a good evening there in Nueva York.....
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>Bill

I think you're 100% correct: when a developer feels that something is better suited for his job he moves to this direction.
Have a good evening too.