Raimo Niskanen wrote: > Can everybody try: > > 17> erlang:list_to_float("1.0e309"). Here's my transcript: --- Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.2.3.3 [threads:0] Eshell V5.2.3.3 (abort with ^G) 1> erlang:list_to_float("1.0e309"). 1.00000e+0 2> --- Weirder and weirder... This is running on Win 2K. Regards, Jo