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diff --git a/math/calc/pkg-descr b/math/calc/pkg-descr deleted file mode 100644 index 3944e2f9ea88..000000000000 --- a/math/calc/pkg-descr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -Calc is an interactive calculator which provides for easy large -numeric calculations, but which also can be easily programmed for -difficult or long calculations. It can accept a command line -argument, in which case it executes that single command and exits. -Otherwise, it enters interactive mode. In this mode, it accepts -commands one at a time, processes them, and displays the answers. In -the simplest case, commands are simply expressions which are -evaluated. For example, the following line can be input: - - 3 * (4 + 1) - -and the calculator will print 15. - -The special '.' symbol (called dot), represents the result of the last -command expression, if any. This is of great use when a series of -partial results are calculated, or when the output mode is changed and -the last result needs to be redisplayed. For example, the above -result can be doubled by typing: - - . * 2 - -and the calculator will print 30. - -For more complex calculations, variables can be used to save the -intermediate results. For example, the result of adding 7 to the -previous result can be saved by typing: - - old = . + 7 - -Functions can be used in expressions. There are a great number of -pre-defined functions. For example, the following will calculate the -factorial of the value of 'old': - - fact(old) - -and the calculator prints 13763753091226345046315979581580902400000000. -Notice that numbers can be very large. (There is a practical limit -of several thousand digits before calculations become too slow.) - -The calculator can calculate transcendental functions, and accept and -display numbers in real or exponential format. For example, typing: - - config("display", 50) - epsilon(1e-50) - sin(1) - -prints "~.84147098480789650665250232163029899962256306079837". - -The calculator also knows about complex numbers, so that typing: - - (2+3i) * (4-3i) - -prints "17+6i". |