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 22626 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2022 23:35:58 -0000
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53)
  by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Feb 2022 23:35:58 -0000
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
	id BDD999D0C2; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:35:54 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C789D043;
	Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:33:04 +1000 (AEST)
Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112)
 id 89F749D036; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:33:02 +1000 (AEST)
Received: from minun.buric.co (minun.buric.co [51.15.8.196])
 by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD2D9D035
 for <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>; Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:33:02 +1000 (AEST)
Received: by minun.buric.co (Postfix, from userid 1000)
 id 1C57235C11F9; Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:32:57 -0500 (EST)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by minun.buric.co (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010BF35C080E
 for <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>; Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:32:56 -0500 (EST)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:32:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co>
X-X-Sender: mary@sd-119843.dedibox.fr
To: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAKH6PiVi+JoxDG7ACMG5G+qnTkxTMsohGx6Wq3UNVkogO4N0Vg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2202151831470.31804@sd-119843.dedibox.fr>
References: <CAKH6PiVi+JoxDG7ACMG5G+qnTkxTMsohGx6Wq3UNVkogO4N0Vg@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
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 <tuhs.minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/>
List-Post: <mailto:tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tuhs>,
 <mailto:tuhs-request@minnie.tuhs.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org
Sender: "TUHS" <tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org>

On Tue, 15 Feb 2022, Douglas McIlroy wrote:

> 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.

In the form of GNU/NetBSD bc, I use bc(1) to this day as my tool of choice 
for quick calculations.

-uso.