bc

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bc ("basic calculator") is a Unix arbitrary precision numeric processing language and interactive calculator with C-like syntax. It first appeared in Version 6 Unix in 1975. It was written by Lorinda Cherry of Bell Labs as a front end to dc. There is a GNU version called GNU BC.

Unix manual page: bc(1).

Last updated: 2024-10-06

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