Re: [Freedos-devel] Thought I'd mention - An updated bc(1) for 16-bit DOS
Hi, On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:27 PM Steve Nickolas wrote: > > GNU's bc ... I ported it to DOS using Borland C++ 3.1 I'll be honest, although I've heard of it, I'm not directly familiar with the syntax of "bc", but thanks for the port! I'll look closer eventually. (The makefile is a bit confusing and could use some cleanups, IMO.) > Last night I sent an e-mail to the author asking if he was able to do the > same with dc, and expressing curiosity at the license change. He said he > wasn't (since dc was written by someone else, just shared some of its code > with bc), Years ago, one guy (Greg Ubben) wrote most of a "dc" clone in Sed (presumably p.d. since .mil)! * http://sed.sourceforge.net/local/scripts/dc.sed.html While I've not really used this script at all, I have delved a lot into Sed, even on DOS. > and explained that he had balked at the GPL3, but that he had > retained rights to the code so that he could maintain it separately for > Minix ... 3-clause BSD license, and that's the one I ported to DOS. > > http://6.buric.co/dosbc.zip Jim has mirrored this to iBiblio now: * http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/unix/bc/ Thanks again. ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Thought I'd mention - An updated bc(1) for 16-bit DOS
Seems to work for me too, as much as I am familiar with *bc*. I'll post a news item about this. I'll also plan to mirror this on ibiblio - but the ibiblio folks recently upgraded the server, and they temporarily disabled logins. I should have access in a day or two, and I'll mirror this to ibiblio then. Jim On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 2:44 AM Jim Hall wrote: > Very cool! I'll try this out tomorrow. > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 4:27 PM Steve Nickolas wrote: > >> So last month I raided NetBSD's repo for a project I'm working on, and I >> found something familiar there - GNU's bc, under a different license. I >> ported it to Linux, then to DOS using Borland C++ 3.1. (It's a >> calculator. It has its quirks but I've been using it as my calculator >> tool of choice for many years on Linux, Windows and 32-bit DOS.) >> >> Last night I sent an e-mail to the author asking if he was able to do the >> same with dc, and expressing curiosity at the license change. He said he >> wasn't (since dc was written by someone else, just shared some of its >> code >> with bc), and explained that he had balked at the GPL3, but that he had >> retained rights to the code so that he could maintain it separately for >> Minix. (so when I surmised it was like what is going on with ncurses, I >> appear to have been correct.) NetBSD needed a bc, and he was a fan of >> theirs, so he provided them the same bc he maintained for GNU, under a >> 3-clause BSD license, and that's the one I ported to DOS. >> >> So here's what I've kitbashed quickly and dirtily. As far as I can tell, >> it is equivalent and nearly identical to the current (1.07.1) GNU >> version. >> I don't really care what if anything you do with it, I just figured I'd >> link it. >> >> http://6.buric.co/dosbc.zip >> >> -uso. >> >> >> ___ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Thought I'd mention - An updated bc(1) for 16-bit DOS
Very cool! I'll try this out tomorrow. On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 4:27 PM Steve Nickolas wrote: > So last month I raided NetBSD's repo for a project I'm working on, and I > found something familiar there - GNU's bc, under a different license. I > ported it to Linux, then to DOS using Borland C++ 3.1. (It's a > calculator. It has its quirks but I've been using it as my calculator > tool of choice for many years on Linux, Windows and 32-bit DOS.) > > Last night I sent an e-mail to the author asking if he was able to do the > same with dc, and expressing curiosity at the license change. He said he > wasn't (since dc was written by someone else, just shared some of its code > with bc), and explained that he had balked at the GPL3, but that he had > retained rights to the code so that he could maintain it separately for > Minix. (so when I surmised it was like what is going on with ncurses, I > appear to have been correct.) NetBSD needed a bc, and he was a fan of > theirs, so he provided them the same bc he maintained for GNU, under a > 3-clause BSD license, and that's the one I ported to DOS. > > So here's what I've kitbashed quickly and dirtily. As far as I can tell, > it is equivalent and nearly identical to the current (1.07.1) GNU version. > I don't really care what if anything you do with it, I just figured I'd > link it. > > http://6.buric.co/dosbc.zip > > -uso. > > > ___ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
[Freedos-devel] Thought I'd mention - An updated bc(1) for 16-bit DOS
So last month I raided NetBSD's repo for a project I'm working on, and I found something familiar there - GNU's bc, under a different license. I ported it to Linux, then to DOS using Borland C++ 3.1. (It's a calculator. It has its quirks but I've been using it as my calculator tool of choice for many years on Linux, Windows and 32-bit DOS.) Last night I sent an e-mail to the author asking if he was able to do the same with dc, and expressing curiosity at the license change. He said he wasn't (since dc was written by someone else, just shared some of its code with bc), and explained that he had balked at the GPL3, but that he had retained rights to the code so that he could maintain it separately for Minix. (so when I surmised it was like what is going on with ncurses, I appear to have been correct.) NetBSD needed a bc, and he was a fan of theirs, so he provided them the same bc he maintained for GNU, under a 3-clause BSD license, and that's the one I ported to DOS. So here's what I've kitbashed quickly and dirtily. As far as I can tell, it is equivalent and nearly identical to the current (1.07.1) GNU version. I don't really care what if anything you do with it, I just figured I'd link it. http://6.buric.co/dosbc.zip -uso. ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
