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Base conversion

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NODE 23f02e31Base conversion grimm@MIT.EDUThu, 18 Jan 1996 09:37:22 +0800

I am trying to write some code to perform base conversions on
very large numbers (possibly as large as 256^(2^(ULONG_MAX))).
Specifically, I store the numbers in base 256, but I would like to be
able to print them in base 10.  Any really brillant ideas?

-James