[Python-Dev] calculator module
Raymond Hettinger
python at rcn.com
Wed Mar 10 07:58:23 EST 2004
> Raymond> I was thinking that if a student's calculator can do
> something,
> Raymond> then Python ought to handle most of the same tasks right
out
> of
> Raymond> the box.
>
> Hand-held calculators aside, my model for what a computer-based
calculator
> should be able to do is the graphing calculator which came with Mac
OS9.
> It
> was actually developed by Pacific Tech and bundled by Apple. There
are no
> plans for an OS X version. The screenshots at the URL below will give
you
> an idea of what it can do.
>
> http://www.pacifict.com/Gallery.html
Thanks, that was a useful link and will include it in the PEP.
However, I do want to keep the scope *much* smaller than that.
Symbolic algebra and spherical coordinates are too much fire power. I
would like something that normal folks can use without reading ten pages
of docs. Ideally, no reading would be required at all, just import it
and go.
OTOH, a separate symbolic package might make python much more attractive
for use in secondary education.
Raymond
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