Poll of the Day > Windows 7 built-in programs review ~ Day 1/25: calc.exe

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calc.exe is good for adding, multiplying, and sometimes subtracting numbers. Not nearly as powerful as MS Excel, the corresponding program from the Office Suite, but it's good when you just want to do a few quick sums.

Special features: View > Scientific, and View > Programmer give some wacky operations with fantastical names such as "Lsh", "Qword", and "tanh". This is good for if maybe your child wants to pretend to do calculations, but I recommend the normal view for real-life number crunching using actual mathematics operations.

Notable bugs: sometimes calc.exe may add or subtract 1 to the results. Not clear on what steps reproduce this other than it seems to happen after many calculations in the same instance and when system memory overall is low. more research is needed

Overall I give calc.exe an 8/10

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Fascinating

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I will be reviewing the Windows 10 version. It works pretty well and the "Keep on top" function functions well also. Points are subtracted due to it not being more identical to a real life calculator like the TI-84 or something

8/10


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Dan/Dan, I still use it except it's now the shitty Win10 version

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i look forward to day 2!
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I have the Windows 10 version and don't perfectly recall what Win7 was like for Standard vs. Scientific, so excuse the below snarky response of any inconsistencies due to that, but...

OniRonin posted...

Special features: View > Scientific, and View > Programmer give some wacky operations with fantastical names such as "Lsh", "Qword", and "tanh". This is good for if maybe your child wants to pretend to do calculations, but I recommend the normal view for real-life number crunching using actual mathematics operations.

Yes, because never once in "real-life number crunching" have I ever needed to do X^3 (like...for cubic volume), use parenthesis to maintain order of operation, utilize the value of pi (pretty much anything involving a circle), or use Euler's number or the log function (for...say...compounded interest on a loan).

*Massive fucking eye roll*

streamofthesky posted...

Yes, because never once in "real-life number crunching" have I ever needed to do X^3 (like...for cubic volume), use parenthesis to maintain order of operation, utilize the value of pi (pretty much anything involving a circle), or use Euler's number or the log function (for...say...compounded interest on a loan).

*Massive fucking eye roll*

like i said, if you're a little kid just playing with numbers those things are very useful, but for adults like me, the trusty plus, minus, multiply, and divide buttons are the killer App.

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*Massive f***ing eye roll*

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