[SunHELP] decimals and ksh division

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 10:26:06AM -0600, Luc I. Suryo wrote:
> > Thanks.  I found perl -e "print $NUM/10" worked too.
> :) that works too,,, i like (n)awk better in my ksh scripts then perl,
> less memory usage and faster too, but that is my own personal opnion

Yeah, invoking a Perl interpreter just to execute 'print $NUM/10' is
definitely in the sledgehammer-and-peanut category.


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