On 03/05/2017 04:12 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Another external tool at least as good as bc is wcalc and once that package gets installed just run wcalc at the command prompt and you'll have quite a load of examples show up.
For my current project I think dc, rather than expr or bc, is the better fit for my current project.
However, browsing thru http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/ and related pages indicates it might be a very nice alternative to the calculator that the default MATE package includes.