Number_Base enlargement http://www.ada-auth.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/acs/ac-00070.txt?rev=1.1 should become an AI, IMHO. http://www.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de/forschung/ada/resources_on_ada/ -- [log in to unmask] --(+49)71168587244 IHR Universitaet --Nobelstr.19 D70569 Stuttgart --www.ihr.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/peter_hermann