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

[George Michaelson]

I should add both were /usr/bin/dc and I do NOT install into system
owned paths on these hosts. (for me Homebrew installs in /opt and
FreeBSD pkg installs in /usr/local)

-G

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:38 PM George Michaelson <ggm at algebras.org> wrote:
>
> ggm at GGM-802602 ~ % uname && dc --version |egrep git\|dc
> Darwin
> dc 4.0.2
> Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc
> ggm at GGM-802602 ~ %
>
> finley% uname && dc --version |egrep git\|dc
> FreeBSD
> dc 5.2.2
> Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc
> finley%
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:33 PM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki at buric.co> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2023, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2023, Steve Nickolas wrote:
> > >
> > >> I think there was one particular dc clone...guy whose name started with
> > >> a G? and his version did that.
> > >
> > > On my ancient MacBook Pro (13-inch, mid 2010, High Sierra 10.13.6):
> > >
> > >    mackie:~ dave$ dc
> > >    (^D)
> > >    mackie:~ dave$ dc -V
> > >    dc (GNU bc 1.06) 1.3
> > >
> > > On my ancient FreeBSD server:
> > >
> > >    aneurin% dc
> > >    (^D)
> > >    aneurin% dc -V
> > >    dc (BSD bc) 1.3-FreeBSD
> > >
> > > Nil prompt in both cases.
> > >
> > >> Most Linux versions use GNU's which Does The Right Thing®™©.
> > >
> > > Perhaps so, but I try to avoid using Penguin/OS and GNU...  I don't like
> > > its licence conditions ("free" it ain't), and I would rather write my own
> > > libraries than be constrained by Stallman's conditions.
> > >
> > > -- Dave
> >
> > I've dealt with fanboys telling me how to do GPL on my own stuff, and it
> > left a sore taste in my mouth.  I don't care about the stuff I *use*, but
> > it did leave me very negative about the GPL itself, and if it seems that
> > some of the OS-building stuff I've been talking about here and elsewhere
> > has anything to do with a grudge against GNU,...well...it does.
> >
> > Still, GNU does seem to have more respect for precedent than a lot of
> > johnny-come-lately coders trying to reimplement stuff themselves.
> >
> > -uso.