23 Jan
2023
23 Jan
'23
4:39 a.m.
I should add both were /usr/bin/dc and I do NOT install into system
owned paths on these hosts. (for me Homebrew installs in /opt and
FreeBSD pkg installs in /usr/local)
-G
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:38 PM George Michaelson <ggm(a)algebras.org> wrote:
ggm@GGM-802602 ~ % uname && dc --version |egrep git\|dc
Darwin
dc 4.0.2
Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc
ggm@GGM-802602 ~ %
finley% uname && dc --version |egrep git\|dc
FreeBSD
dc 5.2.2
Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc
finley%
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:33 PM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki(a)buric.co> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2023, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> >
> >> I think there was one particular dc clone...guy whose name started with
> >> a G? and his version did that.
> >
> > On my ancient MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2010, High Sierra 10.13.6):
> >
> > mackie:~ dave$ dc
> > (^D)
> > mackie:~ dave$ dc -V
> > dc (GNU bc 1.06) 1.3
> >
> > On my ancient FreeBSD server:
> >
> > aneurin% dc
> > (^D)
> > aneurin% dc -V
> > dc (BSD bc) 1.3-FreeBSD
> >
> > Nil prompt in both cases.
> >
> >> Most Linux versions use GNU's which Does The Right Thing®™©.
> >
> > Perhaps so, but I try to avoid using Penguin/OS and GNU... I don't like
> > its licence conditions ("free" it ain't), and I would rather
write my own
> > libraries than be constrained by Stallman's conditions.
> >
> > -- Dave
>
> I've dealt with fanboys telling me how to do GPL on my own stuff, and it
> left a sore taste in my mouth. I don't care about the stuff I *use*, but
> it did leave me very negative about the GPL itself, and if it seems that
> some of the OS-building stuff I've been talking about here and elsewhere
> has anything to do with a grudge against GNU,...well...it does.
>
> Still, GNU does seem to have more respect for precedent than a lot of
> johnny-come-lately coders trying to reimplement stuff themselves.
>
> -uso.