On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 03:03:24PM -0800, Tom Eastep wrote:
> Hence, the proposed function to compare two addresses:
>
> addr_comp() {
> test $(bc <<EOF
> $1 > $2
> EOF
> ) -eq 1
>
> }
>
> That will sure make your parents proud. To compare two numbers, you only
> have to fork(), pipe(), exec(), ...
I have on several occasions thought that the Bourne shell has been
designed to make arithmetic support horrible in an attempt to disuade
people from writing complex applications in shell.
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