GNU-compatible, BSD-licensed bc

[A. Wilcox]

On 01/07/19 15:10, Conrad Meyer wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:46 AM Gavin Howard <gavin.d.howard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The non-important ones include the fact that I support *every* GNU
>> extension. That includes array references, void functions, the "halt"
>> keyword, etc.
>>
>> My bc handles the Linux timeconst.bc script with aplomb from 0 to (at
>> least) 1000. It is part of my test suite, actually.
>>
>> You can try it out by running the following command after building my
>> bc (where BC_ROOT is the root directory of my bc):
>>
>> $ "$BC_ROOT/tests/bc/timeconst.sh" /location/of/timeconst.bc
>>
>> It won't have any output besides "Running timeconst.bc..." unless it
>> didn't pass the test.
>>
>> Also, this bc builds out of the box on FreeBSD. I have already made
>> sure of that. Just use:
>>
>> $ cd "$BC_ROOT"
>> $ ./configure.sh -O3
>> $ make
> 
> Gavin,
> 
> This all sounds great to me.  Consider me on-board with the idea.
> 
> Thanks,
> Conrad


If it means anything, we're using it as our sole bc(1) implementation in
Adélie Linux.  No issues or complaints from here; it works flawlessly.

Best,
--arw

-- 
A. Wilcox (awilfox)
Open-source programmer (C, C++, more)
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