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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators |
| Date | 2018-12-22 00:33 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <a8bv0z0b3gag.3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
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Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote: > On 2018-12-21, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote: >> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote: >>> F. Russell wrote: >>> >>>>The absolute BEST and ULTIMATE calculator available anywhere >>>>on planet Earth is the GNU/Linux calc: >>>> >>>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/calc >>>> >>>>Calc is a command-line program for fast keyboard entry (none of >>>>that clunky GUI shit). >>> >>> Does it give the correct answer for sqrt(-1)? >> >> anon@lowtide:~$ calc "sqrt(-1)" >> 1i >> anon@lowtide:~$ > > zsh: correct 'calc' to 'cal' [nyae]? n > The command 'calc' is provided by the following packages: > calc (2.12.5.0-1) from community > [ calc ] > >> >>> bc does not. A REAL >>> MAN's calculators will. Lame-ass calculators report an "error". >>> >>> I'll use my REAL MAN calculator, my trusty HP48SX, thanks. >>> >> >> Can you use it in a script? >> > iIs there any reason to install calc? > I haven't played with it enough to know. bc has always worked fine for me in scripts, but calc seems to do more.
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The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-21 00:37 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-20 20:35 -0500
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-21 10:01 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 11:37 +0100
Google is the best calculator. Jeff-Relf.Me @. - 2018-12-21 09:01 -0800
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-21 07:40 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 06:41 -0800
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-21 10:27 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-21 20:41 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-12-21 15:02 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-21 20:43 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-12-22 00:33 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-22 00:44 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-12-22 00:50 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-21 20:33 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 12:42 -0800
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 07:12 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-26 13:55 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 09:08 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-26 16:16 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 11:12 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 11:18 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-26 17:23 +0000
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 11:36 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-26 11:40 -0600
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-12-26 15:57 -0500
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-27 07:47 -0600
All educated people agree that the Desktop Environment is what rocks the universe Simon bar Sinister <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 08:13 -0800
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-12-26 15:56 -0500
Re: The Ultimate of Ultimate Calculators Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-12-27 07:17 -0500
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