The calculator in my copy of Win2000 supports 64 bit hex values.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter L. Peres" <plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [EE]: MS windows calculator


> >Since you haven't quoted any of the history of this thread, we can only
> >guess as to what "it" refers. If "it" is "bc", then your suggestion
> >about the 32 bit limitation is wrong. bc is an arbitrary precision
> >calculator. Now, you do need to specify the precision before a
> >calculation. That's what the "scale" command does. Also, if you wish to
> >use bc for floating point, then you need to invoke it with the -l (ell)
> >option.
>
> I know all that. My response was to the original question, and the it was
> the MS windows calculator. As I said I know and use bc.
>
> Btw no-one has mentioned that one can write programs for bc (not just use
> it interactively). This is a powerful feature if you need to do something
> repetitively.
>
> Peter
>
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