Calculators on smartphones and computers do users a grave disservice by emulating physical calculators from the 1970’s. They should evaluate mathematical expressions and yield named results than the user can reference in subsequent expressions.
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A calculator should be an on-ramp to learning to program. Right now they’re a time warp back to ancient devices that were klunky and hard to use.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic
New technology uses typically start as emulators until someone breaks away. Great for on-ramping. Reminds me if early smart phone games that were clones of pc or web games.
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