thx a lot ever_thus(for your time) i've read your knowledgeable post. I truly agree that you can go through the language in a week, cause after i learned php, i almost can scored all exams above 90 without any studying(i've never touched the book in that year, not in AP tho), but it's harrable to learn the object astraction at a point without something i wanted to accompish with it. which is why i wanted so much to understand what I'm doing here in my class. If i have a goal(or a task that i wanted so much to acomplish) it'll sorten my time for leaning something as much as 10 times or more! I know what you mean of the "java in cell phone" i've played games that were powered by java in a cell phone, and much more. just that for now it don't seem to be a language that is so practical that can arouse my passion like php in a way. But of course i'm going to finish the AP course no matter what. I still not sure how to package the "java byte code" as infered from my AP book, tho, i do get the idea of what java is used for. btw, you'r so knowledgeable that i really had much more to learn from you(

I'm from NY too. If possible I really wish i could contact you through instant messanger or the like. One more question if you said it's absolutely free, do you include those features for enterprise, and the package feature, I don't even know how to simply use the interpreter that the jdk kit provide to run the .class file

sorry for my poor enlgish.