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by throwaway81523 1563 days ago
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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skavi 1563 days ago
A fun story regarding Milo.

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

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kqr 1563 days ago
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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chacha21 1563 days ago
I agree, but as good as it is, this is not where people would like to find a good calculator.
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kqr 1563 days ago
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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CydeWeys 1563 days ago
How is an OS not a good place to find a calculator?
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