-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 05:13:36AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/05/2017 04:12 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >Another external tool at least as good as bc is wcalc and once that > >package gets installed just run wcalc at the command prompt and you'll > >have quite a load of examples show up. > > > > For my current project I think dc, rather than expr or bc, is the > better fit for my current project. > > However, browsing thru http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/ and related > pages indicates it might be a very nice alternative to the > calculator that the default MATE package includes.
Yes, wcalc looks nice, thanks Jude! And judging by its dependencies (GNU gmp), it has a fair chance to pass GiaThnYgeia's big number criterion ;-) regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAli9SN4ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYVHgCfchLJNY6VRiqsDONZv5wdvylu AtMAn2SWLqOPL7TFoDubiZdKkTLEIrNh =LT2x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----