Clac – A command-line, stack-based calculator with postfix notation

Re:Clac – A command-line, stack-based calculator with postfi... by soveran on Thursday April 13, 2017 @02:09PM (#14109466)

I'm not the author of the post, I just wrote the tool. I agree with you that it's not groundbreaking technology :-)

In fact, the code is extremely simple. As I mentioned in the README, I've used dc a lot and what I propose with clac is an improvement (for my taste) regarding the UI, as there's an always-visible representation of the stack that gets updated as you type. I recorded a short video to show it in action: http://files.soveran.com/misc/clac.mov

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Re:Clac – A command-line, stack-based calculator with postfi... by undershirt on Thursday April 13, 2017 @02:49PM (#14109825)

I just want to say great work. The parent comment here didn't realize that you drastically improved the user experience by showing the stack, which I think makes all the difference here.

To make this clear, I would upload your video to gfycat and link the gif in your readme.

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Re:Clac – A command-line, stack-based calculator with postfi... by soveran on Thursday April 13, 2017 @03:52PM (#14110374)

I just updated the README with a gif of that video. Thanks for the idea!

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Re:Clac – A command-line, stack-based calculator with postfi... by lexpar on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:34PM (#14187347)

Just looked at the video, the 'as you type' updated stack info is actually pretty cool. I thought based on the description that it only printed the contents of the stack after a command was executed. This is much nicer.

You guys are right, I didn't realise it was this cool, and I was too quick to be cynical.

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