Error in Unix commands dc and bc for multiple-precision-arithmetic

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Error in Unix commands dc and bc for multiple-precision-arithmetic

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ACM SIGNUM Newsletter archive
Volume 28 , Issue 2 (April 1993) table of contents

Pages: 8 - 11

Year of Publication: 1993

ISSN:0163-5778

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Ingo Dittmer

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Erroroneous computations were found in the modulo-function % of the multiple-precision-software dc, standard in Unix™ -systems. Since the command bc is based upon dc, it is concerned, too.

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Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
D.4.0 General

Nouns: UNIX