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dc man page problem
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Stephen Carpenter |
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dc man page problem |
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:36:15 -0500 |
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Ok...its a minor nitpick but...
the man page for dc goes against standard conventions by capitilizing the "d"
in dc when it begins a sentance.
While this is standard english convention, it is clearly wrong in the
case sensitive unix world. COmpare with the dc man page on other systems,
like True64 or Solaris, and you will find that these things are never
capitailized.
A snippit:
DESCRIPTION
Dc is a reverse-polish desk calculator which supports
unlimited precision arithmetic. It also allows you to
There are numerous instances, throughout the man page, where this
occurs. Checking the bc man page - this error is not made, even when
bc begins a sentance.
-Steve
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