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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!rug.nl!not-for-mail From: Peter Smulders <peter@nvsf1.phys.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 19 May 1997 11:50:06 GMT Organization: NVSF Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Lines: 17 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5lpepe$8ca@info.service.rug.nl> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <5lii72$f0@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> <5lnfod$q8@news.inforamp.net> Reply-To: P.J.M.Smulders@phys.rug.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: nvsf1.phys.rug.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 970114] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45156 comp.os.linux.misc:175923 comp.os.linux.x:61909 alt.os.linux:21348 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3322 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41159 gnu.misc.discuss:31368 comp.unix.solaris:106845 Lawrence Cragg <Cragg@Inforamp.Net> wrote: > > > > In article <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com>, jbodarky@ncofsi.com wrote: > > >bc = * I think i read somewhere that this is Berkeley Calculator, but > > > that doesn't make sense. ANY IDEAS? > Somewhere I've seen bc as a command meaning "beautify C" (I'm serious!) > I think it was on a DEC machine and it was supposed to get the > indentation right. It might also have put the curly braces in the > "right" position. I don't doubt your seriousness, but the command you are thinking of is 'cb' not 'bc'. It is still around on HP-UX, although I would not recommend its use. It not only beautifies the layout but also leaves out parts of the code it considers redundant! -- Peter