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>No, wolfram alpha, google, siri, python or bc are not the same thing at all. Why not? A combination of the plain old Windows calculator (scientific and progra
by 0xffff2 8y ago
>No, wolfram alpha, google, siri, python or bc are not the same thing at all.
Why not? A combination of the plain old Windows calculator (scientific and programmer modes) and DDG/Google for unit conversions has worked well for me for years, and doesn't require that I move my fingers off the keyboard.
- jwr 8y agoBecause you can't use these tools on many occasions, they don't always do exactly what you want, and accessing them is slower than using a calculator. The devil is in the details. Such as being able to quickly switch to engineering notation to display values applicable in electronics. Also, I often want to do a series of calculations, for which an RPN calculator with a stack (you can see the top 7 levels) is uniquely suited. As another example, unit conversions (basically, convert between every unit known to man) is something I use every day. It takes about 6 keystrokes to convert from anything to pretty much anything on a HP-50G.