GNU-compatible, BSD-licensed bc

Devin Teske dteske at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jan 7 23:59:38 UTC 2019



> On Jan 7, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Gavin Howard <gavin.d.howard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am the author of a GNU-compatible, BSD-licensed bc
> (https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc). I noticed (on
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/GPLinBase) that FreeBSD used to use the GNU
> bc until it was taken out because of the GPL. My bc is not licensed
> under the GPL; it is under the 0BSD license. Thus, I think my bc might
> be a great fit for FreeBSD.
> 
> My bc is well-tested. I make sure that every single memory bug that I
> can find is out before every single release. I also make sure that my
> bc's math is correct by running millions of random math problems
> before every release.
> 
> My bc is extremely portable; it easily builds on any POSIX
> platform. And it includes a full dc as well (except for the "!"
> command).
> 
> I would love to work with the core team to get my bc into FreeBSD, if
> there is interest. I am about to do a release, and I am willing to
> delay the release to get it up to par for FreeBSD.
> 
> Would there be interest?
> 

I quickly glanced at the Makefile.in and configure.sh and didn't see any mention
of crypto/ssl, hoping you had support for OpenSSL BIGNUM(3).

How do you handle arbitrary arithmetic precision?
-- 
Devin



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