ErikMaxFrancis is a professional C++, C, Java, and Python programmer, although he dabbles in numerous other languages. He is also a regular contributor to CompLangPython since 2000, as well as numerous other Usenet newsgroups for well over a decade. He also runs and contributes to numerous Web sites. His homepage is available here: http://www.alcyone.com/max/. His resume is available at http://www.alcyone.com/resume/.