I didn't get the described output. Everything seems fine... (Run with Perl 5.8.8 and Perl 5.10) reneeb@reneeb-desktop:~/bugs$ /opt/perl510/bin/perl 3308.pl Creating 0 Creating 1 Creating 2 Destroying 2 Destroying 1 Creating 1 Destroying 1 Destroying 0 Creating 0 Creating 1 Creating 2 Creating 3 Destroying 3 Destroying 2 Creating 2 Destroying 2 Destroying 1 Destroying 0 Bad address! Cheers, Renee --- renee.baecker@smart-websolutions.de Smart-Websolutions André Windolph und Renée Bäcker GbR Maria-Montessori-Str. 13 64584 Biebesheim USt.-ID: DE 228 935 695 Telefon: 01803 - 278 25 51 98 (9 cent/Minute) E-Mail: info@smart-websolutions.de Perl-Magazin: http://foo-magazin.de Perl-Nachrichten: http://perl-nachrichten.de