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+.\"
+.\" bc.1 - the *roff document processor source for the bc manual
+.\"
+.\" This file is part of GNU bc.
+.\" Copyright (C) 1991-1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\"
+.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License , or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\"
+.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
+.\"
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to:
+.\"   The Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\"   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+.\"   Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+.\"
+.\" You may contact the author by:
+.\" e-mail: philnelson@acm.org
+.\" us-mail: Philip A. Nelson
+.\" Computer Science Department, 9062
+.\" Western Washington University
+.\" Bellingham, WA 98226-9062
+.\"
+.\"
+.TH bc 1 "2006-06-11" "GNU Project"
+.SH NAME
+bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
+.SH SYNTAX
+\fBbc\fR [ \fB-hlwsqv\fR ] [long-options] [ \fI file ...\fR ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBbc\fR is a language that supports arbitrary precision numbers
+with interactive execution of statements.  There are some similarities
+in the syntax to the C programming language. 
+A standard math library is available by command line option.
+If requested, the math library is defined before processing any files.
+\fBbc\fR starts by processing code from all the files listed
+on the command line in the order listed.  After all files have been
+processed, \fBbc\fR reads from the standard input.  All code is
+executed as it is read.  (If a file contains a command to halt the
+processor, \fBbc\fR will never read from the standard input.)
+.PP
+This version of \fBbc\fR contains several extensions beyond
+traditional \fBbc\fR implementations and the POSIX draft standard.
+Command line options can cause these extensions to print a warning 
+or to be rejected.  This 
+document describes the language accepted by this processor.
+Extensions will be identified as such.
+.SS OPTIONS
+.IP "-h, --help"
+Print the usage and exit.
+.IP "-i, --interactive"
+Force interactive mode.
+.IP "-l, --mathlib"
+Define the standard math library.
+.IP "-w, --warn"
+Give warnings for extensions to POSIX \fBbc\fR.
+.IP "-s, --standard"
+Process exactly the POSIX \fBbc\fR language.
+.IP "-q, --quiet"
+Do not print the normal GNU bc welcome.
+.IP "-v, --version"
+Print the version number and copyright and quit.
+.SS NUMBERS
+The most basic element in \fBbc\fR is the number.  Numbers are
+arbitrary precision numbers.  This precision is both in the integer
+part and the fractional part.  All numbers are represented internally
+in decimal and all computation is done in decimal.  (This version
+truncates results from divide and multiply operations.)  There are two
+attributes of numbers, the length and the scale.  The length is the
+total number of decimal digits used by \fBbc\fR to represent a number
+and the scale is the total number of decimal digits after the decimal
+point.  For example:
+.nf
+.RS
+ .000001 has a length of 6 and scale of 6.
+ 1935.000 has a length of 7 and a scale of 3.
+.RE
+.fi
+.SS VARIABLES
+Numbers are stored in two types of variables, simple variables and
+arrays.  Both simple variables and array variables are named.  Names
+begin with a letter followed by any number of letters, digits and
+underscores.  All letters must be lower case.  (Full alpha-numeric
+names are an extension. In POSIX \fBbc\fR all names are a single
+lower case letter.)  The type of variable is clear by the context
+because all array variable names will be followed by brackets ([]).
+.PP
+There are four special variables, \fBscale, ibase, obase,\fR and
+\fBlast\fR.  \fBscale\fR defines how some operations use digits after the
+decimal point.  The default value of \fBscale\fR is 0. \fBibase\fR
+and \fBobase\fR define the conversion base for input and output
+numbers.  The default for both input and output is base 10.
+\fBlast\fR (an extension) is a variable that has the value of the last
+printed number.  These will be discussed in further detail where
+appropriate.  All of these variables may have values assigned to them
+as well as used in expressions.
+.SS COMMENTS
+Comments in \fBbc\fR start with the characters \fB/*\fR and end with
+the characters \fB*/\fR.  Comments may start anywhere and appear as a
+single space in the input.  (This causes comments to delimit other
+input items.  For example, a comment can not be found in the middle of
+a variable name.)  Comments include any newlines (end of line) between
+the start and the end of the comment.
+.PP
+To support the use of scripts for \fBbc\fR, a single line comment has been
+added as an extension.  A single line comment starts at a \fB#\fR
+character and continues to the next end of the line.  The end of line
+character is not part of the comment and is processed normally.
+.SS EXPRESSIONS
+The numbers are manipulated by expressions and statements.  Since
+the language was designed to be interactive, statements and expressions
+are executed as soon as possible.  There is no "main" program.  Instead,
+code is executed as it is encountered.  (Functions, discussed in
+detail later, are defined when encountered.)
+.PP
+A simple expression is just a constant. \fBbc\fR converts constants
+into internal decimal numbers using the current input base, specified
+by the variable \fBibase\fR. (There is an exception in functions.)
+The legal values of \fBibase\fR are 2 through 36. (Bases greater than
+16 are an extension.) Assigning a value outside this range to
+\fBibase\fR will result in a value of 2 or 36.  Input numbers may
+contain the characters 0-9 and A-Z. (Note: They must be capitals.
+Lower case letters are variable names.)  Single digit numbers always
+have the value of the digit regardless of the value of
+\fBibase\fR. (i.e. A = 10.)  For multi-digit numbers, \fBbc\fR changes
+all input digits greater or equal to ibase to the value of
+\fBibase\fR-1.  This makes the number \fBZZZ\fR always be the largest
+3 digit number of the input base.
+.PP
+Full expressions are similar to many other high level languages.
+Since there is only one kind of number, there are no rules for mixing
+types.  Instead, there are rules on the scale of expressions.  Every
+expression has a scale.  This is derived from the scale of original
+numbers, the operation performed and in many cases, the value of the
+variable \fBscale\fR. Legal values of the variable \fBscale\fR are
+0 to the maximum number representable by a C integer.
+.PP
+In the following descriptions of legal expressions, "expr" refers to a
+complete expression and "var" refers to a simple or an array variable.
+A simple variable is just a
+.RS
+\fIname\fR
+.RE
+and an array variable is specified as
+.RS
+\fIname\fR[\fIexpr\fR]
+.RE
+Unless specifically
+mentioned the scale of the result is the maximum scale of the
+expressions involved.
+.IP "- expr"
+The result is the negation of the expression.
+.IP "++ var"
+The variable is incremented by one and the new value is the result of
+the expression.
+.IP "-- var"
+The variable
+is decremented by one and the new value is the result of the
+expression.
+.IP "var ++"
+ The result of the expression is the value of
+the variable and then the variable is incremented by one.
+.IP "var --"
+The result of the expression is the value of the variable and then
+the variable is decremented by one.
+.IP "expr + expr"
+The result of the expression is the sum of the two expressions.
+.IP "expr - expr"
+The result of the expression is the difference of the two expressions.
+.IP "expr * expr"
+The result of the expression is the product of the two expressions.
+.IP "expr / expr"
+The result of the expression is the quotient of the two expressions.
+The scale of the result is the value of the variable \fBscale\fR.
+.IP "expr % expr"
+The result of the expression is the "remainder" and it is computed in the
+following way.  To compute a%b, first a/b is computed to \fBscale\fR
+digits.  That result is used to compute a-(a/b)*b to the scale of the
+maximum of \fBscale\fR+scale(b) and scale(a).  If \fBscale\fR is set
+to zero and both expressions are integers this expression is the
+integer remainder function.
+.IP "expr ^ expr"
+The result of the expression is the value of the first raised to the
+second. The second expression must be an integer.  (If the second
+expression is not an integer, a warning is generated and the
+expression is truncated to get an integer value.)  The scale of the
+result is \fBscale\fR if the exponent is negative.  If the exponent
+is positive the scale of the result is the minimum of the scale of the
+first expression times the value of the exponent and the maximum of
+\fBscale\fR and the scale of the first expression.  (e.g. scale(a^b)
+= min(scale(a)*b, max( \fBscale,\fR scale(a))).)  It should be noted
+that expr^0 will always return the value of 1.
+.IP "( expr )"
+This alters the standard precedence to force the evaluation of the
+expression.
+.IP "var = expr"
+The variable is assigned the value of the expression.
+.IP "var <op>= expr"
+This is equivalent to "var = var <op> expr" with the exception that
+the "var" part is evaluated only once.  This can make a difference if
+"var" is an array.
+.PP
+Relational expressions are a special kind of expression
+that always evaluate to 0 or 1, 0 if the relation is false and 1 if
+the relation is true.  These may appear in any legal expression.
+(POSIX bc requires that relational expressions are used only in if,
+while, and for statements and that only one relational test may be
+done in them.)  The relational operators are
+.IP "expr1 < expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is strictly less than expr2.
+.IP "expr1 <= expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is less than or equal to expr2.
+.IP "expr1 > expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is strictly greater than expr2.
+.IP "expr1 >= expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is greater than or equal to expr2.
+.IP "expr1 == expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is equal to expr2.
+.IP "expr1 != expr2"
+The result is 1 if expr1 is not equal to expr2.
+.PP
+Boolean operations are also legal.  (POSIX \fBbc\fR does NOT have
+boolean operations). The result of all boolean operations are 0 and 1
+(for false and true) as in relational expressions.  The boolean
+operators are:
+.IP "!expr"
+The result is 1 if expr is 0.
+.IP "expr && expr"
+The result is 1 if both expressions are non-zero.
+.IP "expr || expr"
+The result is 1 if either expression is non-zero.
+.PP
+The expression precedence is as follows: (lowest to highest)
+.nf
+.RS
+|| operator, left associative
+&& operator, left associative
+! operator, nonassociative
+Relational operators, left associative
+Assignment operator, right associative
++ and - operators, left associative
+*, / and % operators, left associative
+^ operator, right associative
+unary - operator, nonassociative
+++ and -- operators, nonassociative
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+This precedence was chosen so that POSIX compliant \fBbc\fR programs
+will run correctly. This will cause the use of the relational and
+logical operators to have some unusual behavior when used with
+assignment expressions.  Consider the expression:
+.RS
+a = 3 < 5
+.RE
+.PP
+Most C programmers would assume this would assign the result of "3 <
+5" (the value 1) to the variable "a".  What this does in \fBbc\fR is
+assign the value 3 to the variable "a" and then compare 3 to 5.  It is
+best to use parenthesis when using relational and logical operators
+with the assignment operators.
+.PP
+There are a few more special expressions that are provided in \fBbc\fR.
+These have to do with user defined functions and standard
+functions.  They all appear as "\fIname\fB(\fIparameters\fB)\fR".
+See the section on functions for user defined functions.  The standard
+functions are:
+.IP "length ( expression )"
+The value of the length function is the number of significant digits in the
+expression.
+.IP "read ( )"
+The read function (an extension) will read a number from the standard
+input, regardless of where the function occurs.   Beware, this can
+cause problems with the mixing of data and program in the standard input.
+The best use for this function is in a previously written program that
+needs input from the user, but never allows program code to be input
+from the user.  The value of the read function is the number read from
+the standard input using the current value of the variable 
+\fBibase\fR for the conversion base.
+.IP "scale ( expression )"
+The value of the scale function is the number of digits after the decimal
+point in the expression.
+.IP "sqrt ( expression )"
+The value of the sqrt function is the square root of the expression.  If
+the expression is negative, a run time error is generated.
+.SS STATEMENTS
+Statements (as in most algebraic languages) provide the sequencing of
+expression evaluation.  In \fBbc\fR statements are executed "as soon
+as possible."  Execution happens when a newline in encountered and
+there is one or more complete statements.  Due to this immediate
+execution, newlines are very important in \fBbc\fR. In fact, both a
+semicolon and a newline are used as statement separators.  An
+improperly placed newline will cause a syntax error.  Because newlines
+are statement separators, it is possible to hide a newline by using
+the backslash character.  The sequence "\e<nl>", where <nl> is the
+newline appears to \fBbc\fR as whitespace instead of a newline.  A
+statement list is a series of statements separated by semicolons and
+newlines.  The following is a list of \fBbc\fR statements and what
+they do: (Things enclosed in brackets ([]) are optional parts of the
+statement.)
+.IP "expression"
+This statement does one of two things.  If the expression starts with
+"<variable> <assignment> ...", it is considered to be an assignment
+statement.  If the expression is not an assignment statement, the
+expression is evaluated and printed to the output.  After the number
+is printed, a newline is printed.  For example, "a=1" is an assignment
+statement and "(a=1)" is an expression that has an embedded
+assignment.  All numbers that are printed are printed in the base
+specified by the variable \fBobase\fR. The legal values for \fB
+obase\fR are 2 through BC_BASE_MAX.  (See the section LIMITS.)  For
+bases 2 through 16, the usual method of writing numbers is used.  For
+bases greater than 16, \fBbc\fR uses a multi-character digit method
+of printing the numbers where each higher base digit is printed as a
+base 10 number.  The multi-character digits are separated by spaces.
+Each digit contains the number of characters required to represent the
+base ten value of "obase-1".  Since numbers are of arbitrary
+precision, some numbers may not be printable on a single output line.
+These long numbers will be split across lines using the "\e" as the
+last character on a line.  The maximum number of characters printed
+per line is 70.  Due to the interactive nature of \fBbc\fR, printing
+a number causes the side effect of assigning the printed value to the
+special variable \fBlast\fR. This allows the user to recover the
+last value printed without having to retype the expression that
+printed the number.  Assigning to \fBlast\fR is legal and will
+overwrite the last printed value with the assigned value.  The newly
+assigned value will remain until the next number is printed or another
+value is assigned to \fBlast\fR.  (Some installations may allow the 
+use of a single period (.) which is not part of a number as a short
+hand notation for for \fBlast\fR.)
+.IP "string"
+The string is printed to the output.  Strings start with a double quote
+character and contain all characters until the next double quote character.
+All characters are take literally, including any newline.  No newline
+character is printed after the string.
+.IP "\fBprint\fR list"
+The print statement (an extension) provides another method of output.
+The "list" is a list of strings and expressions separated by commas.
+Each string or expression is printed in the order of the list.  No
+terminating newline is printed.  Expressions are evaluated and their
+value is printed and assigned to the variable \fBlast\fR. Strings
+in the print statement are printed to the output and may contain
+special characters.  Special characters start with the backslash
+character (\e).  The special characters recognized by \fBbc\fR are
+"a" (alert or bell), "b" (backspace), "f" (form feed), "n" (newline),
+"r" (carriage return), "q" (double quote), "t" (tab), and "\e" (backslash).
+Any other character following the backslash will be ignored.  
+.IP "{ statement_list }"
+This is the compound statement.  It allows multiple statements to be
+grouped together for execution.
+.IP "\fBif\fR ( expression ) statement1 [\fBelse\fR statement2]"
+The if statement evaluates the expression and executes statement1 or
+statement2 depending on the value of the expression.  If the expression
+is non-zero, statement1 is executed.  If statement2 is present and
+the value of the expression is 0, then statement2 is executed.  (The
+else clause is an extension.)
+.IP "\fBwhile\fR ( expression ) statement"
+The while statement will execute the statement while the expression
+is non-zero.  It evaluates the expression before each execution of
+the statement.   Termination of the loop is caused by a zero
+expression value or the execution of a break statement.
+.IP "\fBfor\fR ( [expression1] ; [expression2] ; [expression3] ) statement"
+The for statement controls repeated execution of the statement.  
+Expression1 is evaluated before the loop.  Expression2 is evaluated
+before each execution of the statement.  If it is non-zero, the statement
+is evaluated.  If it is zero, the loop is terminated.  After each
+execution of the statement, expression3 is evaluated before the reevaluation
+of expression2.  If expression1 or expression3 are missing, nothing is
+evaluated at the point they would be evaluated.
+If expression2 is missing, it is the same as substituting
+the value 1 for expression2.  (The optional expressions are an
+extension. POSIX \fBbc\fR requires all three expressions.)
+The following is equivalent code for the for statement:
+.nf
+.RS
+expression1;
+while (expression2) {
+   statement;
+   expression3;
+}
+.RE
+.fi
+.IP "\fBbreak\fR"
+This statement causes a forced exit of the most recent enclosing while
+statement or for statement.
+.IP "\fBcontinue\fR"
+The continue statement (an extension)  causes the most recent enclosing
+for statement to start the next iteration.
+.IP "\fBhalt\fR"
+The halt statement (an extension) is an executed statement that causes
+the \fBbc\fR processor to quit only when it is executed.  For example,
+"if (0 == 1) halt" will not cause \fBbc\fR to terminate because the halt is
+not executed.
+.IP "\fBreturn\fR"
+Return the value 0 from a function.  (See the section on functions.)
+.IP "\fBreturn\fR ( expression )"
+Return the value of the expression from a function.  (See the section on 
+functions.)  As an extension, the parenthesis are not required.
+.SS PSEUDO STATEMENTS
+These statements are not statements in the traditional sense.  They are
+not executed statements.  Their function is performed at "compile" time.
+.IP "\fBlimits\fR"
+Print the local limits enforced by the local version of \fBbc\fR.  This
+is an extension.
+.IP "\fBquit\fR"
+When the quit statement is read, the \fBbc\fR processor
+is terminated, regardless of where the quit statement is found.  For
+example, "if (0 == 1) quit" will cause \fBbc\fR to terminate.
+.IP "\fBwarranty\fR"
+Print a longer warranty notice.  This is an extension.
+.SS FUNCTIONS
+Functions provide a method of defining a computation that can be executed
+later.  Functions in 
+.B bc
+always compute a value and return it to the caller.  Function definitions
+are "dynamic" in the sense that a function is undefined until a definition
+is encountered in the input.  That definition is then used until another
+definition function for the same name is encountered.  The new definition
+then replaces the older definition.  A function is defined as follows:
+.nf
+.RS
+\fBdefine \fIname \fB( \fIparameters \fB) { \fInewline
+\fI    auto_list   statement_list \fB}\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+A function call is just an expression of the form
+"\fIname\fB(\fIparameters\fB)\fR".
+.PP
+Parameters are numbers or arrays (an extension).  In the function definition,
+zero or more parameters are defined by listing their names separated by
+commas.  All parameters are call by value parameters.  
+Arrays are specified in the parameter definition by
+the notation "\fIname\fB[]\fR".   In the function call, actual parameters
+are full expressions for number parameters.  The same notation is used
+for passing arrays as for defining array parameters.  The named array is
+passed by value to the function.  Since function definitions are dynamic,
+parameter numbers and types are checked when a function is called.  Any
+mismatch in number or types of parameters will cause a runtime error.
+A runtime error will also occur for the call to an undefined function.
+.PP
+The \fIauto_list\fR is an optional list of variables that are for
+"local" use.  The syntax of the auto list (if present) is "\fBauto
+\fIname\fR, ... ;".  (The semicolon is optional.)  Each \fIname\fR is
+the name of an auto variable.  Arrays may be specified by using the
+same notation as used in parameters.  These variables have their
+values pushed onto a stack at the start of the function.  The
+variables are then initialized to zero and used throughout the
+execution of the function.  At function exit, these variables are
+popped so that the original value (at the time of the function call)
+of these variables are restored.  The parameters are really auto
+variables that are initialized to a value provided in the function
+call.  Auto variables are different than traditional local variables
+because if function A calls function B, B may access function
+A's auto variables by just using the same name, unless function B has
+called them auto variables.  Due to the fact that auto variables and
+parameters are pushed onto a stack, \fBbc\fR supports recursive functions.
+.PP
+The function body is a list of \fBbc\fR statements.  Again, statements
+are separated by semicolons or newlines.  Return statements cause the
+termination of a function and the return of a value.  There are two
+versions of the return statement.  The first form, "\fBreturn\fR", returns
+the value 0 to the calling expression.  The second form, 
+"\fBreturn ( \fIexpression \fB)\fR", computes the value of the expression
+and returns that value to the calling expression.  There is an implied
+"\fBreturn (0)\fR" at the end of every function.  This allows a function
+to terminate and return 0 without an explicit return statement.
+.PP
+Functions also change the usage of the variable \fBibase\fR.  All
+constants in the function body will be converted using the value of
+\fBibase\fR at the time of the function call.  Changes of \fBibase\fR
+will be ignored during the execution of the function except for the
+standard function \fBread\fR, which will always use the current value
+of \fBibase\fR for conversion of numbers.
+.PP
+Several extensions have been added to functions.  First, the format of
+the definition has been slightly relaxed.  The standard requires the
+opening brace be on the same line as the \fBdefine\fR keyword and all
+other parts must be on following lines.  This version of \fBbc\fR will
+allow any number of newlines before and after the opening brace of the
+function.  For example, the following definitions are legal.
+.nf
+.RS
+\f(CW
+define d (n) { return (2*n); }
+define d (n)
+  { return (2*n); }
+\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+Functions may be defined as \fBvoid\fR.  A void
+funtion returns no value and thus may not be used in any place that needs
+a value.  A void function does not produce any output when called by itself
+on an input line.  The key word \fBvoid\fR is placed between the key word
+\fBdefine\fR and the function name.  For example, consider the following
+session.
+.nf
+.RS
+\f(CW
+define py (y) { print "--->", y, "<---", "\en"; }
+define void px (x) { print "--->", x, "<---", "\en"; }
+py(1)
+--->1<---
+0
+px(1)
+--->1<---
+\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+Since \fBpy\fR is not a void function, the call of \fBpy(1)\fR prints
+the desired output and then prints a second line that is the value of
+the function.  Since the value of a function that is not given an
+explicit return statement is zero, the zero is printed.  For \fBpx(1)\fR,
+no zero is printed because the function is a void function.
+.PP
+Also, call by variable for arrays was added.  To declare
+a call by variable array, the declaration of the array parameter in the
+function definition looks like "\fI*name\fB[]\fR".  The call to the
+function remains the same as call by value arrays. 
+.SS MATH LIBRARY
+If \fBbc\fR is invoked with the \fB-l\fR option, a math library is preloaded
+and the default scale is set to 20.   The math functions will calculate their
+results to the scale set at the time of their call.  
+The math library defines the following functions:
+.IP "s (\fIx\fR)"
+The sine of x, x is in radians.
+.IP "c (\fIx\fR)"
+The cosine of x, x is in radians.
+.IP "a (\fIx\fR)"
+The arctangent of x, arctangent returns radians.
+.IP "l (\fIx\fR)"
+The natural logarithm of x.
+.IP "e (\fIx\fR)"
+The exponential function of raising e to the value x.
+.IP "j (\fIn,x\fR)"
+The Bessel function of integer order n of x.
+.SS EXAMPLES
+In /bin/sh,  the following will assign the value of "pi" to the shell
+variable \fBpi\fR.
+.RS
+\f(CW
+pi=$(echo "scale=10; 4*a(1)" | bc -l)
+\fR
+.RE
+.PP
+The following is the definition of the exponential function used in the
+math library.  This function is written in POSIX \fBbc\fR.
+.nf
+.RS
+\f(CW
+scale = 20
+
+/* Uses the fact that e^x = (e^(x/2))^2
+   When x is small enough, we use the series:
+     e^x = 1 + x + x^2/2! + x^3/3! + ...
+*/
+
+define e(x) {
+  auto  a, d, e, f, i, m, v, z
+
+  /* Check the sign of x. */
+  if (x<0) {
+    m = 1
+    x = -x
+  } 
+
+  /* Precondition x. */
+  z = scale;
+  scale = 4 + z + .44*x;
+  while (x > 1) {
+    f += 1;
+    x /= 2;
+  }
+
+  /* Initialize the variables. */
+  v = 1+x
+  a = x
+  d = 1
+
+  for (i=2; 1; i++) {
+    e = (a *= x) / (d *= i)
+    if (e == 0) {
+      if (f>0) while (f--)  v = v*v;
+      scale = z
+      if (m) return (1/v);
+      return (v/1);
+    }
+    v += e
+  }
+}
+\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+The following is code that uses the extended features of \fBbc\fR to
+implement a simple program for calculating checkbook balances.  This
+program is best kept in a file so that it can be used many times 
+without having to retype it at every use.
+.nf
+.RS
+\f(CW
+scale=2
+print "\enCheck book program!\en"
+print "  Remember, deposits are negative transactions.\en"
+print "  Exit by a 0 transaction.\en\en"
+
+print "Initial balance? "; bal = read()
+bal /= 1
+print "\en"
+while (1) {
+  "current balance = "; bal
+  "transaction? "; trans = read()
+  if (trans == 0) break;
+  bal -= trans
+  bal /= 1
+}
+quit
+\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+.PP
+The following is the definition of the recursive factorial function.
+.nf
+.RS
+\f(CW
+define f (x) {
+  if (x <= 1) return (1);
+  return (f(x-1) * x);
+}
+\fR
+.RE
+.fi
+.SS READLINE AND LIBEDIT OPTIONS
+GNU \fBbc\fR can be compiled (via a configure option) to use the GNU
+\fBreadline\fR input editor library or the BSD \fBlibedit\fR library.
+This allows the user to do editing of lines before sending them
+to \fBbc\fR.  It also allows for a history of previous lines typed.
+When this option is selected, \fBbc\fR has one more special variable.
+This special variable, \fBhistory\fR is the number of lines of history
+retained.  For \fBreadline\fR, a value of -1 means that an unlimited
+number of history lines are retained.  Setting the value of
+\fBhistory\fR to a positive number restricts the number of history
+lines to the number given.  The value of 0 disables the history
+feature.  The default value is 100. For more information, read the
+user manuals for the GNU \fBreadline\fR, \fBhistory\fR and BSD \fBlibedit\fR
+libraries.  One can not enable both \fBreadline\fR and \fBlibedit\fR
+at the same time.
+.SS DIFFERENCES
+This version of 
+.B bc
+was implemented from the POSIX P1003.2/D11 draft and contains
+several differences and extensions relative to the draft and
+traditional implementations.
+It is not implemented in the traditional way using
+.I dc(1).
+This version is a single process which parses and runs a byte code
+translation of the program.  There is an "undocumented" option (-c)
+that causes the program to output the byte code to
+the standard output instead of running it.  It was mainly used for
+debugging the parser and preparing the math library.
+.PP
+A major source of differences is
+extensions, where a feature is extended to add more functionality and
+additions, where new features are added. 
+The following is the list of differences and extensions.
+.IP "LANG environment"
+This version does not conform to the POSIX standard in the processing
+of the LANG environment variable and all environment variables starting
+with LC_.
+.IP "names"
+Traditional and POSIX
+.B bc
+have single letter names for functions, variables and arrays.  They have
+been extended to be multi-character names that start with a letter and
+may contain letters, numbers and the underscore character.
+.IP "Strings"
+Strings are not allowed to contain NUL characters.  POSIX says all characters
+must be included in strings.
+.IP "last"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have a \fBlast\fR variable.  Some implementations
+of \fBbc\fR use the period (.) in a similar way.  
+.IP "comparisons"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR allows comparisons only in the if statement, the while
+statement, and the second expression of the for statement.  Also, only
+one relational operation is allowed in each of those statements.
+.IP "if statement, else clause"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have an else clause.
+.IP "for statement"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR requires all expressions to be present in the for statement.
+.IP "&&, ||, !"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have the logical operators.
+.IP "read function"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have a read function.
+.IP "print statement"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have a print statement .
+.IP "continue statement"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not have a continue statement.
+.IP "return statement"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR requires parentheses around the return expression.
+.IP "array parameters"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not (currently) support array parameters in full.
+The POSIX grammar allows for arrays in function definitions, but does
+not provide a method to specify an array as an actual parameter.  (This
+is most likely an oversight in the grammar.)  Traditional implementations
+of \fBbc\fR have only call by value array parameters.
+.IP "function format"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR requires the opening brace on the same line as the 
+\fBdefine\fR key word and the \fBauto\fR statement on the next line.
+.IP "=+, =-, =*, =/, =%, =^"
+POSIX \fBbc\fR does not require these "old style" assignment operators to
+be defined.  This version may allow these "old style" assignments.  Use
+the limits statement to see if the installed version supports them.  If
+it does support the "old style" assignment operators, the statement
+"a =- 1" will decrement \fBa\fR by 1 instead of setting \fBa\fR to the
+value -1.
+.IP "spaces in numbers"
+Other implementations of \fBbc\fR allow spaces in numbers.  For example,
+"x=1 3" would assign the value 13 to the variable x.  The same statement
+would cause a syntax error in this version of \fBbc\fR.
+.IP "errors and execution"
+This implementation varies from other implementations in terms of what
+code will be executed when syntax and other errors are found in the
+program.  If a syntax error is found in a function definition, error
+recovery tries to find the beginning of a statement and continue to
+parse the function.  Once a syntax error is found in the function, the
+function will not be callable and becomes undefined.
+Syntax errors in the interactive execution code will invalidate the
+current execution block.  The execution block is terminated by an
+end of line that appears after a complete sequence of statements.
+For example, 
+.nf
+.RS
+a = 1
+b = 2
+.RE
+.fi
+has two execution blocks and
+.nf
+.RS
+{ a = 1
+  b = 2 }
+.RE
+.fi
+has one execution block.  Any runtime error will terminate the execution
+of the current execution block.  A runtime warning will not terminate the
+current execution block.
+.IP "Interrupts"
+During an interactive session, the SIGINT signal (usually generated by
+the control-C character from the terminal) will cause execution of the
+current execution block to be interrupted.  It will display a "runtime"
+error indicating which function was interrupted.  After all runtime
+structures have been cleaned up, a message will be printed to notify the
+user that \fBbc\fR is ready for more input.  All previously defined functions
+remain defined and the value of all non-auto variables are the value at
+the point of interruption.  All auto variables and function parameters
+are removed during the
+clean up process.  During a non-interactive
+session, the SIGINT signal will terminate the entire run of \fBbc\fR.
+.SS LIMITS
+The following are the limits currently in place for this 
+.B bc
+processor.  Some of them may have been changed by an installation.
+Use the limits statement to see the actual values.
+.IP "BC_BASE_MAX"
+The maximum output base is currently set at 999.  The maximum input base
+is 16.
+.IP "BC_DIM_MAX"
+This is currently an arbitrary limit of 65535 as distributed.  Your
+installation may be different.
+.IP "BC_SCALE_MAX"
+The number of digits after the decimal point is limited to INT_MAX digits.
+Also, the number of digits before the decimal point is limited to INT_MAX
+digits.
+.IP "BC_STRING_MAX"
+The limit on the number of characters in a string is INT_MAX characters.
+.IP "exponent"
+The value of the exponent in the raise operation (^) is limited to LONG_MAX.
+.IP "variable names"
+The current limit on the number of unique names is 32767 for each of
+simple variables, arrays and functions.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+The following environment variables are processed by \fBbc\fR:
+.IP "POSIXLY_CORRECT"
+This is the same as the \fB-s\fR option.
+.IP "BC_ENV_ARGS"
+This is another mechanism to get arguments to \fBbc\fR.  The
+format is the same as the command line arguments.  These arguments
+are processed first, so any files listed in the environment arguments
+are processed before any command line argument files.  This allows
+the user to set up "standard" options and files to be processed
+at every invocation of \fBbc\fR.  The files in the environment
+variables would typically contain function definitions for functions
+the user wants defined every time \fBbc\fR is run.
+.IP "BC_LINE_LENGTH"
+This should be an integer specifying the number of characters in an
+output line for numbers. This includes the backslash and newline characters
+for long numbers.  As an extension, the value of zero disables the 
+multi-line feature.  Any other value of this variable that is less than
+3 sets the line length to 70.
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+If any file on the command line can not be opened, \fBbc\fR will report
+that the file is unavailable and terminate.  Also, there are compile
+and run time diagnostics that should be self-explanatory.
+.SH BUGS
+Error recovery is not very good yet.
+.PP
+Email bug reports to
+.BR bug-bc@gnu.org .
+Be sure to include the word ``bc'' somewhere in the ``Subject:'' field.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.nf
+Philip A. Nelson
+philnelson@acm.org
+.fi
+.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+The author would like to thank Steve Sommars (Steve.Sommars@att.com) for
+his extensive help in testing the implementation.  Many great suggestions
+were given.  This is a much better product due to his involvement.