[nycbug-talk] fave BSD tips/tricks?

Charles Sprickman spork at bway.net
Tue Aug 25 17:31:36 EDT 2009


On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Jerry B. Altzman wrote:

> on 8/24/2009 6:46 PM Miles Nordin said the following:
>> It's just annoying when basic unix things like apropos, xcalc, or
>> emacs are missing.  Unix has become a single-user platform.  Working
>
> Clearly, your idea of what 'basic unix' things are and mine differ.
> That's ok, _non disputandum est_ and all that.

Hey, you know real men use "bc" for all their calculator needs, right? :)

(it is part of the base OS in FreeBSD and OS-X, fwiw)

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