Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!funic!santra!nntp!pandy From: pandy@vipunen.hut.fi (Pandy Holmberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Calculator C.K. Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 08:04:41 GMT References: <22193@shlump.nac.dec.com> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.wanted Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 37 In-Reply-To: minow@ranger.enet.dec.com's message of 19 Apr 91 17:49:46 GMT In article <22193@shlump.nac.dec.com> minow@ranger.enet.dec.com (Martin Minow) writes: -> In article , ingemar@isy.liu.se -> (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes a couple of paragraphs on calculators. -> Here's a quick translation: -> "Writing a calculator program for a computer is like emulating a bicycle -> with an automobile by removing the motor and adding pedals. -> "If you want to use a calcuator (although it doesn't look like one), try -> NumberCrunch, free, slick, superior. Now I grab for a mouse and not -> the mini-calculator whenever I have to compute something. -> "Of course, if you have the money, you can always use Mathematica, MatLab, -> etc. but they are on a different level." [I'd add spreadsheets to the list.] -> Martin Minow -> minow@ranger.enet.dec.com Och vad betyder det h{r d}. Jag pr|vade med rot13 och f|rstod fortfarande ingenting. ;-) ;-) ;-) -- Tsaukki says Pandy -- "Monday is an awful way to spend one seventh of your life." ******************************************************************************* /! ! Andreas "Pandy" Holmberg pandy@hut.fi /_!_! Helsinki University of Technology pandy@spiff.hut.fi / ! ! Faculty of Electrical Engineering pandy@otax.hut.fi / ! ! s37775d@taltta.hut.fi *******************************************************************************