Is a modified transcript still a transcript? ;-) Thank you for updating it though!

Quote:I should remind myself to consult you whenever there's a piece of history, you got that covered well and a lot of online docs are misleading.

I do my best to find better sources. :-) Always glad to contribute, even if it's just by being a wise guy.
That said, I have just (too late) noticed that you mixed up The Hacker News (thehackernews.com) with Y Combinator's Hacker News (which resides on news.ycombinator.com), but that's entirely irrelevant for the subject discussed.

Quote:I'm not sure B is still largely used, it's probably on the brink of extinction.

So is dc since we have bc. :-)
By the way, GNU bc depends on GNU ed since some time in last year if I remember correctly. Ah, the circles.