From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> There are SOME people (I am NOT one) who actually feel that DECIMAL is the right way to go in computers! For example, check Mike Cowlishaw's pages at IBM: http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decifaq.html http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/decifaq3.html#bingood etc. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com How would society have developed if the more dominant of our ancestors didn't have stinky feet?