> ** Original Sender: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien at rush.aero.org>
> Oops, nope, I'm wrong, it was the -> operator which was
> introduced to create Associations.
> 
> 	I know I've seen {} used for something, but I'm darned
> if I can remember what.
> 
> Mike O'Brien

Hmmm... I seem to recall that Gemstone uses the "{}" delimiters
for something or other.  Was it some sort of special block, 
perhaps?

--Alan