But that one fails for the "most negative" number on some machines! You have to take care of negatives whose negation is still negative or some similar rot. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris at umcp-cs ARPA: chris at maryland