What is the friend function for???

[neve]

Again, what is the friend function and what purpose does it serve etc.???>

[Rebecca Petris]

Facebook style feature I suppose. I've never used it. The latest version of this software has a lot of 'social networking' features. If anyone wants to use them and knows how that's fine, but most of the activity on this board is on the bulletin boards, the blogs and the private messages.