11-08-2019
Hi MonilGome...
I will add to vbe's post and say if you want any of your code, whether it be a shell script, a dedicated compiled executable or a separately interpreted script, to be portable then make sure it is POSIX compliant; also if it is a dedicated executable and you intend it to be used as along with other utilities make sure you include a piping facility.
For example: echo "3 + 7" | bc ...
Also 'zsh', along with 'ksh[93]', has floating point arithmetic; DO NOT take this for granted, POSIX compliant shells only have integer arithmetic ONLY - so beware.
As a hobbyist coder, this is just my 5 pennoth...
Bazza...
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