On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 03:49:11PM +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > bc is the standard Unix calculator, normally a dc frontend, > and used in *a lot* of scripts.
Is there any way of verifying or even reasonably estimating how common it is used? *Within* debian, sadly it's hard to ascertain via codesearch as 'bc' is too short, but /bc => http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%2Fbc I must admit I've never seen it used in 3rd party scripts in my entire career as a sysadmin. > And yes, bc is also the primary interactive calculator, > for things beyond what $((…)) can do. We've got python in priority:standard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140915135328.gc22...@bryant.redmars.org
