[Flying Cougar Burnette] > I get the same ("0" then "+0") on my irix65 O2. test_coerce succeeds > as well. Tommy, it's great to hear that Irix screws up signed-zero output too! The two computer companies I own stock in are SGI and Microsoft. I'm sure this isn't a coincidence <wink>. i'll-use-linux-when-it-gets-rid-of-those-damn-sign-bits-ly y'rs - tim