tech-userlevel: Re: replacement for bc(1), dc(1), diff(1), and diff(3)

Subject: Re: replacement for bc(1), dc(1), diff(1), and diff(3)
To: Igor Sobrado <igor@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/25/2005 12:05:14

On Mar 25, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Igor Sobrado wrote:

> Following the advice of Karsten Kruse, I will propose this change
> in this mailing list instead of the comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
> newsgroup.
>
> My suggestion is replacing bc(1), dc(1),

There has already been some private discussion about replacing bc/ 
dc.  I do not know the heritage of the OpenBSD versions, but Anders  
Magnussen was looking at the now-freed-up old AT&T versions.  I'll  
let him elaborate further.

I think we're all looking forward to have a less-GPL-polluted system.

-- thorpej