Then there was wide fear of world recession after the Asian currency crisis, the Russian default and the rescue of Long-Term Capital Management, an overleveraged hedge fund.

I should also mention that the term: : ReadLine: : Gnu CPAN module works better for me than the default module, term: : ReadLine: : Perl, in Linux inside xterm and Eterm terminal emulators.

In fact it means only a slight increase in long-term default risk.