Re: Bug#533369: ITP: tinycalc -- Command line calculator for developers

[Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>]

Hi

Am Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:22:44 +0200
schrieb Rocco Folino <lordzen@autistici.org>:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Rocco Folino <lordzen@autistici.org>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : tinycalc
>   Version         : 0.1
>   Upstream Author : Rocco Folino <lordzen@autistici.org>
> * URL             : http://tinycalc.sourceforge.net
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : Command line calculator for developers
> 
> Tiny Calculator is a command line calculator for developers.
> It can resolve a complex expression mixing decimal, esadecimal an
> binary number. The result is automatic converted in decimal,
> esadecimal ad binary format. 

Sounds like apcalc which has been in Debian since more than 10 years...

 $ calc '0xff + min(10,20) + 0b0010'
        267

 "Calc is an arbitrary precision arithmetic system that uses a C-like
 language. Calc is useful as a calculator, an algorithm prototyper and
 as a mathematical research tool. More importantly, calc provides one
 with a machine independent means of computation. Calc comes with a
 rich set of builtin mathematical and programmatic functions.
 ..."

Is there any benefit for another command-line calculator?

bye,

-christian-