junior:~ joelr$ erl Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.5 [source] [async-threads:0] [hipe] Eshell V5.5 (abort with ^G) 1> size(term_to_binary(0.2)). 33 Does this mean that any float I send within the VM will result in a 33-byte message? Thanks, Joel -- http://wagerlabs.com/