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bc
GNU Command Line Calculator

bc is an interpreter that supports numbers of arbitrary precision and
the interactive execution of statements. The syntax has some
similarities to the C programming language. A standard math library is
available through command line options. When used, the math library is
read in before any other input files. bc then reads in all other files
from the command line, evaluating their contents. Then bc reads from
standard input (usually the keyboard).
The dc program is also included. dc is a calculator that supports
reverse-polish notation and allows unlimited precision arithmetic.
Macros can also be defined. Normally, dc reads from standard input but
can also read in files specified on the command line. A calculator with
reverse-polish notation saves numbers to a stack. Arguments to
mathematical operations (operands) are "pushed" onto the stack until
the next operator is read in, which "pops" its arguments off the stack
and "pushes" its results back onto the stack.

Except for packages subject to a commercial license, the license identified below is the license designated by the open source project.


Version: 1.06
Release: 764.2
Medium: DVD1
Path: /suse/i586/bc-1.06-764.2.i586.rpm
Group: Productivity/Scientific/Math
License: GPL
Size: 211 KB
Homepage: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bc/

File list

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            65548 Jun 16  2006 /usr/bin/bc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            30864 Jun 16  2006 /usr/bin/dc
drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root                0 Jun 16  2006 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root              120 Sep 13  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/AUTHORS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            17992 Sep 16  1999 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/COPYING
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            26532 Jul  8  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/COPYING.LIB
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            35107 Sep 28  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/ChangeLog
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root              829 Jul  8  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/FAQ
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             1917 Sep 12  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/NEWS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             3522 Aug 31  2000 /usr/share/doc/packages/bc/README
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            12139 Jun 16  2006 /usr/share/info/bc.info.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             5167 Jun 16  2006 /usr/share/info/dc.info.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            11722 Jun 16  2006 /usr/share/man/man1/bc.1.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             4720 Jun 16  2006 /usr/share/man/man1/dc.1.gz

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