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		martythemaniak on March 11, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Overdoing the interface metaphor Slightly off topic, but I find the Python REPL to be the best calculator out there.

pre on March 11, 2010 | [–]

I never stopped using bc. Why you'd want one of those things with GUI buttons I dunno.

byrneseyeview on March 11, 2010 | | [–]

The scratch buffer in Emacs has a similar function for me.

leif on March 11, 2010 | [–]

I'm going to put my skinny little neck out here and mention the emacs calculator (rpn for the win!) and pari-gp.

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