Never mind, I looked it up and the HP 41C (basically the gold standard in terms of RPN calculators) is indeed y**x. It looks like Elektronika (which I was referencing, particularly the MK-61…
conv(1) – convert data
Why would one tool do both character encoding conversion and number base conversion?
I figured exponentiating (is that the word?) x to the power of y (Python: x ** y) would be more intuitive for existing RPN users (because this matches the operation on HP and Elektronika…
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Goodness... I think that would be a vector implementation. I don't know how to feel about it now.
Our flow control is still up in the air so ignore the weirdness besides let and def:
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On second thought def when used without arguments should display variable usages. Here are some examples of its use to help explain it.
First let's set some variables:
; let a b
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emma and i were discussing variable assignment and the potential usage of a
letterm, which is used to define terms. some pseudoishcode snippets from the conversation to elucidate on that a…
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Perhaps there should be a way to change which file is used for randomness, in the shell. Like a random_source variable that expands to a file (like /dev/random).
This could potentially be…
mix(1) – randomly sort inputs
Maybe shuffle?
Then you could do stuff like `for f in /media/audio/*; do scrut -f "$f" && out "$f"; done
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Accidentally tapped the button. That thought's incomplete and I'll finish it later.
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Alright, this is the continuation of my last comment.
The behavior of the traditional POSIX shell with regards to unquoted variable expansion is useful, sometimes, but usually unwanted and a…
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I have further thoughts on shell quoting.
When I think of program execution I think of the exec function family in C's <unistd.h>:…
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How will variables behave?
POSIX shell doesn't use variable declarations; any variable is the empty string at start (giving test -z its utility).
We could copy that behavior but it sort of…
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The way POSIX shell does variable assignment is awful.
#!/bin/env -i /bin/sh
# ^^ don't inherit an existing environment
echo "$x" # unassigned (vars are "" by default), so it'll echo…docs/scrut.1: write man page for scrut(1)
I'm currently rewriting scrut(1) in Rust - a man page will accompany it. Expect this in a week or two.
si(1) – SI unit converter
units(1) is a classic tool and one of few that is justifiably large - it has to support hundreds of units and conversions, with locales and upkeep to maintain unit accuracy. It's fairly user-friend…