You can also go into calculator mode by typing bc on the command line by itself and then feed it as many calculations as you want: boson% bc 7*7*7 343 256*256 65536 256*256*256 16777216 ...

In a previous column, we looked at bc, the surprisingly high precision and big value capable Unix tool that you will find on most versions of Unix today. The bc utility is not just a command line tool ...