I'm putting the finishing touches on the perl <--> gnu (gmp) multi precision package. If any are interested in the source drop me a note and I'll fire off the source to you... I'm not going to implement the lowlevel functions or the Berkeley compatability routines, this is just the integer functions... While playing with this stuff I was wondering if transfering binaries in base 36 would offer any compression/mime enableing features, It was the first time I'd seen something in base 36. Allong these lines would base(ASCII) do me a bit of good? guess I've just had too much coffee... It's not too bad on the preformance thing and looks great for prototypeing some of these protocols that call for big int's. At anyrate I should expect my first version ready for public consumption on monday or tuesday if any are interested.... -Rick