calc shell script examples
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These calc shell scripts are provided because they serve as examples of
how use the calc language, and/or because the authors thought them to
be useful!

If you write something that you think is useful, please send it to:

    calc-contrib at asthe dot com

    [[ NOTE: Replace 'at' with @, 'dot' is with . and remove the spaces ]]
    [[ NOTE: The EMail address uses 'asthe' and the web site URL uses 'isthe' ]]

For more info, see:

    help script
    help cscript

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4dsphere

    Determine if 6 points lie on the surface of a 4-dimensional sphere in R^4.

    4dsphere x0 y0 z0 w0   x1 y1 z1 w1   ...   x5 y5 z5 w5

	x0 y0 z0 w0     point 0 in R^4
	x1 y1 z1 w1     point 1 in R^4
	...             ...
	x5 y5 z5 w5     point 5 in R^4


fproduct filename term ...

    Write the big Endian product of terms to a file.  Use - for stdout.


mersenne exp

    Print the value of 2^exp-1.


piforever

    Print the value of pi forever, or as long as you cpu / memory allows.


plus arg ...

    Print the sum of 1 or more arguments.


powerterm [base_limit] value

    Print the value as a sum (or difference) of powers of integers up
    to and including powers <= base_limit.  By default, base_limit is 10000.


simple

    A trivial example of a calc shell script.

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