On 7/19/2015 3:32 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:
Unix bc:
$ bc
bc 1.06.95
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4+5
9
obase=8
4+5
11
IOW bc has two (global) variables ibase and obase for input and output base.
If you dont provide these as settable you hardwire them at 10 (8/16 in some
assembly languages)ยน
Hopefully you will agree that python is more full-featured than bc and should
subsume bc functionality?
Nice try ;-) However, I think is not especially relevant. I do not
believe that Guido would agree that bc should govern python design. Do
*you* really think that? Python is fundamentally a general purpose
batch-mode language. Interactive mode is secondary and generally
subservient to writing real programs. I know that he has said that he
is not inclined to add additional interactive-mode-only features to Python.
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