[TUHS] interesting case of not getting the point: dc on a mac

[Joseph Holsten]

Is this it? https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/bc

> This bc also includes an implementation of dc in the same binary, accessible via a symbolic link, which implements all FreeBSD and GNU extensions. (If a standalone dc binary is desired, bc can be copied and renamed to dc.) The ! command is omitted; I believe this poses security concerns and that such functionality is unnecessary.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023, at 15:49, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, ron minnich wrote:
>
>> dc
>>>>>
>>
>> it prompts with '>>> '
>>
>> wonder where that came from? First time I've seen it.
>>
>> Seems to have a certain lack of understanding attached to it.
>
> I think there was one particular dc clone...guy whose name started with a 
> G?  and his version did that.
>
> Most Linux versions use GNU's which Does The Right Thing®™©.
>
> -uso.