HP 12C English Calculator

Re:HP 12C English Calculator by kfitch42 on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:37PM (#33386770)

So the choices are "English" or "Platinum"? I guess English is a color scheme and/or material?

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Re:HP 12C English Calculator by hyperrail on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:44PM (#33386832)

I think English just refers to the language for the package labels and manual. Nothing to do with the calculator itself.

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Re:HP 12C English Calculator by tablespoon on Saturday October 29, 2022 @03:49PM (#33387396)

> I think English just refers to the language for the package labels and manual. Nothing to do with the calculator itself.

They should make a calculator that works with English natural language numbers:

    compute eight plus four
    twelve

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Re:HP 12C English Calculator by mwcremer on Saturday October 29, 2022 @04:10PM (#33387539)

They do, it's called "COBOL."

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Re:HP 12C English Calculator by copperx on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:31AM (#33391101)

At first I thought it referred to the comma as a decimal separator, but then I remembered the English also use a period.

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