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Re:Ask HN: Programmable Calculator Recommendations? by 7thaccount on Thursday November 28, 2019 @06:52PM (#21660942)
Are they? Must've missed it.

The Voyage-200 is an awesome calculator you might be able to find online still.

SwissMicros reproduce many of the older HP calculators, but smaller and faster. They're supposed to be pretty good. I use an HP-15c myself.

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Re:Ask HN: Programmable Calculator Recommendations? by eigenspace on Thursday November 28, 2019 @07:06PM (#21660998)
They said

> Sometimes pulling out a laptop and firing up an RStudio session feels too high friction, and doesn't let me travel as light as I would like.

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Re:Ask HN: Programmable Calculator Recommendations? by 7thaccount on Thursday November 28, 2019 @10:50PM (#21661885)
I read that as RStudio is too heavyweight, so lighter tools would be preferred. J is a lot lighter in some ways and is an excellent calculator. You probably read it correctly though.
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Re:Ask HN: Programmable Calculator Recommendations? by vector_spaces on Monday December 09, 2019 @06:52PM (#21748065)
Yes, I did mean a physical calculator, but I appreciate your comment nonetheless -- it's all good to know :)
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