Re: Suggestion of new program: execute mathematical set operations on lists

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Frank Stähr <der-storch-85@gmx.net>, 2015-09-25, 18:11:
> I am not yet looking for a sponsor, but going to program a tiny tool:
>
> "setop" takes as inputs several lists/sets, calculates desired 
> (mathematical) set operations on them and outputs the final set (or 
> depending on operation resulting number of elements, answer yes/no, 
> …).
[...]
> So my questions is: Is there a need for such a program or is there 
> already something very similar?

There's combine(1) in moreutils for boolean operations on sets.

> (Is this the right place for asking?)

(I don't think so.)

> Note: I already asked two years ago but didn’t get satisfactory 
> responses.

Linking to the original thread would have been helpful:
https://lists.debian.org/1383147779.1944.30.camel@storch-desktop

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Jakub Wilk