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Pro tip: Install python and do your calculations on the command line.
by erfgh 6y ago
Pro tip: Install python and do your calculations on the command line.
- Darmody 6y agoOr use a good calculator like Speedcrunch.
- mrweasel 6y agoThat’s not really the point is it? Windows 7 had a good calculator, which have been reduced to a bad one, for no real reason other than a GUI refresh.
- snazz 6y agoThe system I'm typing on runs Windows Server 2019, which has the Windows 7-era calculator and very little ability to use UWP apps, and I still do my math with Speedcrunch, Desmos, or an emulated TI-84 Plus CE via CEmu. The Windows 7 calculator is a solid basic calculator, but I think most power users in that time used third-party options or something like a spreadsheet. Microsoft clearly thinks of the calculator as a demo application for UWP and XAML, as evidenced by them open-sourcing it, sort of like how Apple treats TextEdit like a Cocoa text rendering demo. If you want a serious calculator or a serious text editor, you're better off looking outside these bundled tools.
- sgtnasty 6y agoI wish it would support HiDPI displays better. Right now it's impossible for me to read.
- akalsz 6y agoOr if you prefer JavaScript, try qjscalc from QuickJS [1]. [1]: https://bellard.org/quickjs/ https://bellard.org/quickjs/
- FpUser 6y agoInstall that giant monster just as a calculator? This does not make sense. There are free calculators for windows with very nice functionality and no bloat.
- seba_dos1 6y agoEven proer tip: https://github.com/lcn2/calc https://github.com/lcn2/calc Can't live without that one in $PATH.
- 2ion 6y agoPersonally, I always use ipython. I have ipython aliased to "I" in every OS and my preamble/startup environment contains from numpy import * from numpy import array as c from math import * import numpy as np import pandas as pd import matplotlib.pyplot as plt Previously I used to use R, which also has a very fast REPL with self-documentation similara to ipython's '?' magic.