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MYC(1)			     General Commands Manual			  MYC(1)

NAME
     myc - a simple calculator

SYNOPSIS
     myc [command]

DESCRIPTION
     Myc  is a simple calculator capable of all operations available in C.  Com-
     mands are entered in infix notation.  It is possible  to  use  parentheses.
     If a myc-command is specified on the command-line, the result is echoed and
     myc  exits  immediately.	If invoked with no arguments, myc starts reading
     commands from standard-in.  myc understands the following binary infix  op-
     erators (from highest priority to lowest): ** (power), * (multiply), / (di-
     vide),  %	(modulo),  +  (add),  -  (subtract),  << (shift left), >> (shift
     right), < (less), <= (less or equal), > (greater), >= (greater  or  equal),
     ==  (equal),  !=  (not equal), & (arithmetical and), | (arithmetical or), ^
     (arithmetical exclusive or), && (logical and), || (logical or), = (assign);
     and the following unary prefix operators: - (negate, unary minus), !  (log-
     ical not), ~ (bitwise complement).  myc knows three  data	types:	boolean,
     integer (32 bit), float (64 bit, equivalent to C double).	On some esoteric
     platforms the precision of integer and float may be different.  As in C the
     result of a division depends on the data types of the operands.  An integer
     divided  by  an  integer yields an integer.  If you want the result to be a
     float, make sure one of the operands is a float, e.g. type 4/7.  instead of
     4/7 or a/(b+0.)  instead of a/b.  The power operation returns  a  float  if
     the  result is too large to fit in an integer.  The result of a calculation
     is stored in the special variables $$ and $n where n is the number  of  the
     command.

BUGS
     Maybe.  Please report bugs to demetrio@cs.uni-sb.de.

COPYRIGHT
     myc  is not in the public domain, but freely distributable.  It may be used
     for any non-commercial purpose.  See file COPYRIGHT for details.

AUTHOR
     Sascha Demetrio
     demetrio@cs.uni-sb.de

Myc				1996 February 11			  MYC(1)

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