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LastCalc Is Open Sourced

Sanity writes "LastCalc is a cross between Google Calculator, a spreadsheet, and a powerful functional programming language, all with a robust and flexible heuristic parser. It even lets you write functions that pull in data from elsewhere on the web. It's all wrapped up in a JQuery-based user interface that does as-you-type syntax highlighting. Today, LastCalc's creator, Ian Clarke (Freenet, Revver), has announced that LastCalc will be open sourced under the GNU Affero General Public License 'to accelerate development, spread the workload, and hopefully foster a vibrant volunteer community around the project.'"

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  1. Wow! Where can I get very own? by fred911 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ya think Walmart's gunna have um? I don't no wut a flexible heuristic parser is but I just gotta have one. Probably almost as cool as my Casio watch calculator. And with all that high technology stuff.. Ya think it's got a tip calculator.. Sure hope it does. Wonder what it will cost.. Someone please let me no when they will release it.. I wana wait in line the night before, so i'm sure I get one.

    oh yea one more thing. This a Affero General Public License that mean I gota
    Be a black feller to buy it? Or is a caucasian license extra? Thanks

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  2. Re:let's you write functions? by Sanity · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or somehow silence grammar nazis...