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		Dewie3 on June 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Calc, a simple command-line calulator in ... That function syntax is a nice example of C-isms bleeding through. If I want to write some arithmetic, I want something more declarative and succinct than C.

murbard2 on June 9, 2015 [–]

Give the venerable dc a try. It can be quite succinct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dc_%28computer_program%29

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