I use a hugs version from November 2002, which happens to correspond to the unstable version of the debian hugs-package, and encountered the following: Prelude> fromInteger 40000 :: Integer 200000000 Best regards, Elke. Software Development EsPresto AG ----------------------------------------------------------------- kasimir@espresto.com Breite Str. 30-31 Tel/Fax: +49-30-90 226-750/-760 10178 Berlin/Germany