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An alternative that isn't discussed in the Why not use ...? section is calc: http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/c

by clarry 12y ago

An alternative that isn't discussed in the Why not use ...? section is calc: http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc It is very powerful, has history, shows previous calculations, and it's pretty darn quick too. Of course, there are plenty more calculators, powerful too. I only mention calc because it bothers me that the name of this new project collides with it, without really providing anything useful beyond having been written in a fashionable language.

alfredxing 12y ago
Did not know about this. It looks great, I'll definitely be trying it out! The project name was originally calc.go, but as you can imagine that didn't work out too well with `go get`.
brute 12y ago
Upvoted for calc. I use it for all the small calculation, as it most often behaves slightly better than bc $ echo "1/2" | bc 0 $ echo "1/2" | bc -l .50000000000000000000 $ echo "scale=1; 1/2" | bc .5 $ echo "1/2" | calc -p 0.5 $ echo "+1+1+1+1" | bc -l (standard_in) 1: syntax error $ echo "+1+1+1+1" | calc -p 4 $ echo "sqrt(-1)" | bc -l Runtime error (func=(main), adr=4): Square root of a negative number $ echo "sqrt(-1)" | calc -p 1i $ echo "s(pi)" | bc -l 0 $ echo "sin(pi())" | calc -p 0
- tartrate 12y ago
  Slightly shorter, and it's nice to have the expression at the end of the line: $ bc -l <<< "1+1"
mackal 12y ago
I've been using wcalc personally, haven't had many reasons to use something else.
- donpdonp 12y ago
  wcalc is pretty much the best terminal-mode calculator anywhere. It handles significant digits very well and knows about a bunch of mathematical constants in unicode form! -> √7×2÷π−ε0×σ+α+γ+R∞×Mτ-Φ0 = 2.26885 http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/download.php http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/download.php
  - voltagex_ 12y ago
    and it's apt-gettable from wheezy upwards!
chanux 12y ago
Thanks for bringing the original(?) calc to light. without really providing anything useful beyond having been written in a fashionable language The latter part of your comment sounds a bit discouraging. I think the developer didn't mean any harm an probably didn't know about this one. PS: The dev had replied in the thread. All is well I guess.
chanux 12y ago
calc package is called apcalc on dbian/ubuntu.
hobarrera 12y ago
This developer could have at least chosen a different name. Two programs, same funcionality, same name. Haven't we learnt anything?
- alfredxing 12y ago
  As I mentioned below, I chose "calc.go", but that didn't work well with the `go get` command, so I had to get rid of the ".go"

by clarry 12y ago

alfredxing 12y ago

Did not know about this. It looks great, I'll definitely be trying it out! The project name was originally calc.go, but as you can imagine that didn't work out too well with `go get`.

brute 12y ago

Upvoted for calc. I use it for all the small calculation, as it most often behaves slightly better than bc $ echo "1/2" | bc 0 $ echo "1/2" | bc -l .50000000000000000000 $ echo "scale=1; 1/2" | bc .5 $ echo "1/2" | calc -p 0.5 $ echo "+1+1+1+1" | bc -l (standard_in) 1: syntax error $ echo "+1+1+1+1" | calc -p 4 $ echo "sqrt(-1)" | bc -l Runtime error (func=(main), adr=4): Square root of a negative number $ echo "sqrt(-1)" | calc -p 1i $ echo "s(pi)" | bc -l 0 $ echo "sin(pi())" | calc -p 0

tartrate 12y ago
Slightly shorter, and it's nice to have the expression at the end of the line: $ bc -l <<< "1+1"

mackal 12y ago

I've been using wcalc personally, haven't had many reasons to use something else.

donpdonp 12y ago
wcalc is pretty much the best terminal-mode calculator anywhere. It handles significant digits very well and knows about a bunch of mathematical constants in unicode form! -> √7×2÷π−ε0×σ+α+γ+R∞×Mτ-Φ0 = 2.26885 http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/download.php http://w-calc.sourceforge.net/download.php
- voltagex_ 12y ago
  and it's apt-gettable from wheezy upwards!

chanux 12y ago

Thanks for bringing the original(?) calc to light. without really providing anything useful beyond having been written in a fashionable language The latter part of your comment sounds a bit discouraging. I think the developer didn't mean any harm an probably didn't know about this one. PS: The dev had replied in the thread. All is well I guess.

chanux 12y ago

calc package is called apcalc on dbian/ubuntu.

hobarrera 12y ago

This developer could have at least chosen a different name. Two programs, same funcionality, same name. Haven't we learnt anything?

alfredxing 12y ago
As I mentioned below, I chose "calc.go", but that didn't work well with the `go get` command, so I had to get rid of the ".go"