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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by laacz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:18AM (#30596988)
If you enjoy skeumorphic calculators with their data interfaces, and haven't already, look into the RPN[1] notation used in (most, I believe) scientific/programmable calculators. Once you go there, you stay there. Just Google[2] or DDG[3] for it to play around.

1: Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation

2: Google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=rpn%20calculator%20online

3: DDG: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rpn+calculator+online

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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by chacha21 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:02AM (#30597200)
Chalk has an option to use RPN
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Re:Show HN: All desktop software calculators are wrong, so I... by laacz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:05AM (#30597214)
Awesome. Got lost in the long article, so missed that.
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