- Calculator to jog an old man's brain
- 08 Mar 2013 12:47:19 am
- Last edited by regex on 08 Mar 2013 01:09:46 am; edited 2 times in total
Hello world,
My last programming calculators were a TI58, HP15C and Sharp 1103 (?). That was a while ago, I think I got the numbers right.
Don't know anything about what is good these days. I'd like a small machine that's friendly to program so I can code a few small programs to help jog my aging brain cells, e.g.:
- prompting me to compute random things like 52 x 47,
- prompting me to compute the day of the week for Jan 3rd 1981 (doomsday alg).
In other words, not looking for something with amazing graphics, but with convenient input/output, and easy to enter code into with my old clumsy fingers.
Here are some "tier 2 features" (nice to have but not absolutely required):
- something that can run some software for kanji flash cards (Japanese ideograms)
- a regular expressions engine so I can play around testing regexps on various text files
- very last on the list but curious if it might be available on a calculator: php
I realize that the "tier 2" features might point to a different class of machine. Interested in considering both.
EDIT: by the way, I'm in no rush, so if the right calculator is not released yet but in the pipeline, that's an option and I'll be happy to wait.
I don't really care about the price, so something I would under-utilize is absolutely fine, as long as it is convenient.
Are there some models that come to mind?
Looking forward to insight from the pros.
Thank you all very much in advance.
Wishing you a beautiful day,
My last programming calculators were a TI58, HP15C and Sharp 1103 (?). That was a while ago, I think I got the numbers right.
Don't know anything about what is good these days. I'd like a small machine that's friendly to program so I can code a few small programs to help jog my aging brain cells, e.g.:
- prompting me to compute random things like 52 x 47,
- prompting me to compute the day of the week for Jan 3rd 1981 (doomsday alg).
In other words, not looking for something with amazing graphics, but with convenient input/output, and easy to enter code into with my old clumsy fingers.
Here are some "tier 2 features" (nice to have but not absolutely required):
- something that can run some software for kanji flash cards (Japanese ideograms)
- a regular expressions engine so I can play around testing regexps on various text files
- very last on the list but curious if it might be available on a calculator: php
I realize that the "tier 2" features might point to a different class of machine. Interested in considering both.
EDIT: by the way, I'm in no rush, so if the right calculator is not released yet but in the pipeline, that's an option and I'll be happy to wait.
I don't really care about the price, so something I would under-utilize is absolutely fine, as long as it is convenient.
Are there some models that come to mind?
Looking forward to insight from the pros.
Thank you all very much in advance.
Wishing you a beautiful day,