From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23619 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2022 23:44:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Feb 2022 23:44:03 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A2A289D050; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:44:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6016D9D036; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A712E9D036; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [67.110.179.138]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BAA39D035 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:43:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E1E6100B5; Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:43:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.anteil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Dq3xJbv6US1K; Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:43:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [192.168.100.141]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7F2EE1008D; Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:43:28 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Jim Capp Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:43:27 -0500 Message-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: Steve Nickolas X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (18H107) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Lorinda Cherry X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Ditto on bc, in Linux.=20 > On Feb 15, 2022, at 6:36 PM, Steve Nickolas wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn Tue, 15 Feb 2022, Douglas McIlroy wrote: >=20 >> First came "dc", an unlimited-precision desk calculator, >> which is still a Unix staple 45 years on. Building on dc, >> she would later make "bc", which made unlimited precision >> available in familiar programming-language notation and became >> the interface of choice to dc. >=20 > In the form of GNU/NetBSD bc, I use bc(1) to this day as my tool of choice= for quick calculations. >=20 > -uso.