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GNU BC

GNU BC

A GNU version of BC which is self-contained and internally executes its own compiled code rather than acting as a front-end to DC like the standard Unix bc.

Version 1.02

parser (yacc), interpreter, BC math library

Philip A. Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>

FTP bc-1.02.tar.Z from a GNU archive site.

requires: vsprintf and vfprintf routines

ports: Unix (BSD, System V, MINIX, POSIX) Superset of POSIX BC (P10003.2/D11), with a POSIX-only mode.
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