Use 'bc -l', at least on Linux (GNU bc). Then it's suddenly useful. I recommend aliasing bc to 'bc -ql'. You can alternatively remember to do 'scale=10' before

Use 'bc -l', at least on Linux (GNU bc). Then it's suddenly useful. I recommend aliasing bc to 'bc -ql'. You can alternatively remember to do 'scale=10' before doing anything else in bc. This isn't a great ad for the article's claim that CLIs are in every way superior to GUIs, is it?