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Re: Calculator with "tapes"

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On 2018-07-17, Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> wrote:
> Am Dienstag 17 Juli 2018 schrieb Curt:
>> On 2018-07-17, Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> wrote:
>> > Am Dienstag 17 Juli 2018 schrieb Zenaan Harkness:
>> >> bc FTW - so quick, so handy
>> >>
>> >> First line I always run though is:
>> >>  scale=9
>> >
>> > When you don't want to type this every time:
>> >
>> > $ cat ~/.bcrc
>> > scale=3
>>
>> Nein?
>
> Hi Curt,
>
> unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what you want to say by this response 
> which translates to "No?"... :-(

Hi Stefan,

Yeah, it was kind of a deliberate (and obscure)
metathesis/anagram/bilingual play on words because he wants 9 (nein,
nine) and you showed 3 (when he always wants nine)!

curty@einstein:~$  echo 'scale=2; 2.777 - 1.4744' | bc
1.3026

Oops. Should read the man page I guess*.

In other words, a complete waste of everybody's time as usual (by yours
truly, of course, meaning me).

* It seems division uses the scale variable, but not addition, subtraction, or
multiplication. They use the scale of the operands. "expr / expr".


> Kind Regards,
> Stefan
>
>


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  Re: Calculator with "tapes" Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-17 02:20 +0200
    Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 03:10 +0200
      Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 11:20 +0200
        Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 12:40 +0200
          Re: Calculator with "tapes" Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 13:40 +0200
            Re: Calculator with "tapes" Stefan Krusche <linux@stefan-krusche.de> - 2018-07-17 14:30 +0200
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                Re: Calculator with "tapes" Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-07-17 15:00 +0200
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