and one more thing. I wont say nything abt fortran coz its pretty outdated now. but lisp is way way powerful. i am not 100% sure if it actually supports browser feature but when it comes to Artificial intelligence Programming I prefer it to C. so its not an OLDY by any means. talking abt oildies, no one uses java applet these days for web programming, (it used to be in the 90's :P). people go for servlet and JSP these days coz its more secure, latency is less, and more applicable for distributed environment. If you know STRUTS in java then you prolly know what i m talking abt. Loote. P.S,. I m not a CS major either I hope i have not maxed out. Finger crossed