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		tptacek on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Emacs Problem (2005) Oh, I wasn't arguing, I was just waiting to hear about calc's amazing powers.

wglb on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

Here are some odd highlights: matrix http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Matr...

Lists http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/List...

Algebra: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Basi...

Algebra rewrites: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Rewr...

Programming calc: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Prog...

And (gasp) Data Types: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Type...

(mind you, i mostly use the HP-calculator level stuff. But the rest is certainly awesome)

tptacek on Feb 28, 2014 | [–]

Hah! Of course an Emacs calculator would contain a rudimentary CAS. How couldn't it?

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