1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index cd38bfa42..772696a15 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -1282,10 +1282,9 @@ static BcStatus bc_read_line(BcVec *vec)
                 if (G_interrupt) { // ^C was pressed
  intr:
                         G_interrupt = 0;
-                        fputs(IS_BC
-                                ? "\ninterrupt (type \"quit\" to exit)\n"
-                                : "\ninterrupt (type \"q\" to exit)\n"
-                                , stderr);
+                        // GNU bc says "interrupted execution."
+                        // GNU dc says "Interrupt!"
+                        fputs("\ninterrupted execution\n", stderr);
                 }
 # if ENABLE_FEATURE_EDITING
                 if (G_ttyin) {
@@ -7171,8 +7170,6 @@ static BcStatus bc_vm_stdin(void)
                                 // Non-debug builds do not come here, they exit.
                                 break;
                         }
-                        fflush_and_check();
-                        fputs("ready for more input\n", stderr);
                 }
 
                 bc_vec_pop_all(&buffer);
@@ -7403,13 +7400,8 @@ static BcStatus bc_vm_exec(void)
                 return s;
         }
 
-        if (IS_BC || (option_mask32 & BC_FLAG_I)) {
-                if (s) {
-                        fflush_and_check();
-                        fputs("ready for more input\n", stderr);
-                }
+        if (IS_BC || (option_mask32 & BC_FLAG_I)) 
                 s = bc_vm_stdin();
-        }
 
         if (!s && !BC_PARSE_CAN_EXEC(&G.prs))
                 s = bc_vm_process("");