Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I had to build my own

Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by throwaway81523 on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:26PM (#30592891)

Interesting but I notice that the Emacs calculator (calc.el) isn't in the comparison. It is what I use for quick calculations most of the time. There was also a Mac program called Milo a long time ago that was very cool. I never had a chance to study it though.

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by skavi on Monday March 07, 2022 @04:09PM (#30593361)

A fun story regarding Milo.

https://www.pacifict.com/Story/

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by kqr on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:45PM (#30593107)

I second the usefulness of the calculator built into Emacs. Even if I didn't use Emacs for anything else, I'd keep an alias around for starting calc.

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by chacha21 on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:49PM (#30593144)

I agree, but as good as it is, this is not where people would like to find a good calculator.

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by kqr on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:34AM (#30596772)

Why not? Is the overhead of Emacs around the calculator too much on a modern desktop computer? Emacs apps are far leaner than the many Electron apps people seem to not have a practical problem with.

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by CydeWeys on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:13PM (#30596374)

How is an OS not a good place to find a calculator?

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