By the way, Jerry, thank you for discovering this problem.

I'm sure we'll be able to find a short-term solution that makes
DSA work again. There are at least three options.

	-- John



>=> 5/30/00 5:23:25 PM EDT, sr at evolgo.de =>
><< I think the problem is clear: "To normalize or not to normalize!">>
>
>Cute. However, it appears with new LargeIntegers package that normalize is 
>essential (in some cases), where with old LargePositiveIntegers it was 
>optional (in some cases).
>
><<I'm not motivated to make a full rework of the DSA stuff and would like to 
>hear John's opinion about this topic... >>
>
>It sounds like John Maloney understands the problem (see full text of 
>following E-mail), and was taking certain liberties with LargePositiveInteger 
>for performance reasons.
>
>=> 5/30/00 7:18:42 PM EDT, John.Maloney at disney.com =>
><< Incidentally, I'm about to vanish for a six week vacation in Europe. I'm 
>afraid I won't be able to do much about this myself before I go. >>
>
>Stephan and John,
>
>John's description seems quite consistent with Stephan's. So unless someone 
>is willing to submit a temporary fix as a standard fileIn for the DSA code 
>(perhaps a performance hit by a factor of 2 is good enough for six weeks), I 
>would say that it's broken and should not be used until John gets back. Other 
>opinions?
>
>One more fox out of one more rabbit hole :-),
>Jerry.