Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Peter Smulders
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00

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Lawrence Cragg <Cragg@Inforamp.Net> wrote:
> > 
> > In article <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com>, jbodarky@ncofsi.com wrote:
> > >bc = * I think i read somewhere that this is Berkeley Calculator, but
> > >        that doesn't make sense.  ANY IDEAS?

> Somewhere I've seen bc as a command meaning "beautify C" (I'm serious!)
> I think it was on a DEC machine and it was supposed to get the
> indentation right. It might also have put the curly braces in the
> "right" position.

I don't doubt your seriousness, but the command you are thinking of
is 'cb' not 'bc'. It is still around on HP-UX, although I would
not recommend its use. It not only beautifies the layout but also
leaves out parts of the code it considers redundant!
-- 
Peter

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From: Peter Smulders <peter@nvsf1.phys.rug.nl>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/19
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