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bc vs Nickle: catalog facts
bc	Nickle
Free Free and open source under the BSD 2-Clause license.	Free Free; license not specified.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Implements POSIX bc with GNU extensions Includes dc functionality	Provides arbitrary-precision integers, rationals, and floating-point real numbers. Supports scripting and prototyping numeric algorithms.
Uses a command-line interface	Some language features, including parametric polymorphism, are not implemented
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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