[ale] OT - Portable Drive

[Alex LeDonne]

On Dec 11, 2007 1:56 PM, Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
> --And to be on Linux: Am I one of the few users of 'bc' left?
>
> What a powerful tool, especially when doing weird math.
>
> apt-get install bc
> bc
> 128^128
>
> Is a good example of why it's useful. Lots of display room. :)


And to make a neat little bow, there's also dc which brings RPN/stack
based calculations to a similar environment...

aledonne at rumba:~> dc
128
128
^
p
528294531135665246352339784916516606518847326036121522127960709026673\
902556724859474417255887657187894674394993257128678882347559502685537\
250538978462939576908386683999005084168731517676426441053024232908211\
188404148028292751561738838396898767036476489538580897737998336


I'm loving this thread!

My father is an engineer; I got a slide rule (new) when I was in grade
school, but I already had calculators. It's packed in a box
somewhere... gotta find that thing. I stumbled into an amazing
collection of relatively modern HP calcs (all LCD, no LED), and I have
a number of cool Sharp and Casio calcs as well. No TIs... mostly
through coincidence, I think.

-A