Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Kent Friis
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00

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Eli the Bearded wrote:
> 
> Basic Calculator is what I have heard. It is a "friendly" front end to
> the HP style dc (desk calculator). dc is a reverse polish notation
> (postfix stack) calculator, bc is an infix calculator. Compare:
> 
> :r! echo "502 / 65 + 17 * 4 ^ 3" | bc
> 1095
> 
> :r! echo "502 65 / 4 3 ^ 17 * + p" | dc
> 1095

Actually it should be:

$ echo "502 65 / 17 4 3 ^ * + p" | dc
1095

to be exactly the same as the bc version.

> 
> Both round to intergers by default.
> 

Kent

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From: Kent Friis </dev/null@ehs.dk>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/23
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