if this is a conversion utility, why not call it convert?
>________________________________
> From: Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com>
>To: freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] DOSCALC - Suggestion for a new FreeDOS utility
>
>Hi,
>
>On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Carlão ... <carl...@live.com> wrote:
>> Hi people, I'm new here, and I wrote a calculator in FreeBASIC. It's called
>> "DOSCALC".
>> The source code is attached to this message. Suggestions are welcome.
>
>Well, it's interesting, though a bit simplistic interface (having to
>reload / restart upon each expression). I see you used "fblite"
>dialect. A quick check shows that only fblite and qb support GOSUB, so
>I guess that's why.
>
>Interesting about the two (human) languages supported, though I don't
>know if there's a cleaner way than you did it (ad hoc). Cats/Kitten is
>supported in C, and there's an old (Turbo) Pascal version Cubs
>somewhere (Mateusz Viste). I don't know about FBC, though, perhaps
>nobody ever used such things there (but I've not checked).
>
>I'm surprised nobody screamed at you for attaching a file on this
>list, but hey, it's small, so who cares? Just beware purists. ;-)
>
>BTW, minor suggestion: have an option to use inches (instead of
>meters) and pounds (instead of kilograms). I know that's not urgent,
>but for some of us :-) it's hard to convert in our heads. (EDIT:
>Okay, I was basically right, 1 meter = 3.25 feet, aka 39 inches, and a
>kilogram is 2.2 pounds.)
>
>P.S. We have a fuller-featured tool for such things in FoxCalc, also
>written in FBC, if you want to take a look for tips:
>http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/dos/en/foxcalc.htm
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