Re:Show HN: Shellmath: Floating-point arithmetic directly in...
by smaudet on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:04AM
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Hmm. Cool?
I guess I don't expect my shell to do much, I reach for numpy or something when I want fancier math.
Not to knock, but what's the use case? I think I prefer bc - "10/(200.7-73.6)" is easy to look at, I don't mind the extra dependency for that.
Actually on that note what I do need to find is a proper calculator on Android, what I have found are computer algebra systems with arcane learning curves. Its surprising how bad the default calc is and nobody had made a popular good alt...
I guess I don't expect my shell to do much, I reach for numpy or something when I want fancier math.
Not to knock, but what's the use case? I think I prefer bc - "10/(200.7-73.6)" is easy to look at, I don't mind the extra dependency for that.
Actually on that note what I do need to find is a proper calculator on Android, what I have found are computer algebra systems with arcane learning curves. Its surprising how bad the default calc is and nobody had made a popular good alt...