I don't miss them at all. The syntax was easy enough, but having to have a static working storage section and fd still bothers me. Annoying still was having to define the memory spaces (pic x9) and not having the ability to call an instance of an object (in leau of a subclass). :mad: While syntactically, java and C++ may be more cryptic, the flexability that they bring to the table far outway the negatives that the steeper learning curve incurs. If oo COBOL could keep its syntax, but add flexability in it's file structure, then it would be worth it. (think VB classic with inheritance).