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Re: what calculator do you use?



On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 06:47:51AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> I've heard recommendation of bc before, but to date I've yet to
> encounter anything that makes it seem preferable over calc, and I'm
> curious what I'm missing.

Most probably you're missing nothing. I picked up bc years ago because
it's a build dependency for the kernel. It solves my needs, and I happen
to remember pi up to 8 digits so the lack of pi() function is not an
issue to me.

On a side note, "calc" is 4 letters, and "bc" is two :)

Reco


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