Walter-

I'm not sure what your point is about the clipper set filter. SET FILTER wasn't just a pain, it was an entirely unworkable solution. And, it was *never* used where I was working upon pain of being strung up.

So, I believe my point was, a programmer can get a long _fine_ w/o every even knowing there is such a command. That is, of course, my opinion, which is based on my experience and the experience of others I respect.

>>IMHO, you can't go wrong NOT using filters, but you sure can go wrong using them.
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>I'm on the standpoint you can both go wrong using them or not. SET FILTER certainly has it's place.

You would have to show me an example of some coding that was wrong because it didn't use a SET FILTER, and where there isn't a better non-Filter way to do it.