From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave at horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:31:57 +1100 (EST) Subject: [COFF] [TUHS] The most surprising Unix programs In-Reply-To: References: <202003132331.02DNVaxN061501@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <7ec47fd97b1a3d383ffed428f21f5287@firemail.cc> Message-ID: On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Mike Markowski wrote: >> I've been using my trusty HP-42S for so long that I can hardly remember >> how to use a "normal" calculator :-) > > When my classmate's calculator died during an engineering exam, he asked > if he could borrow my spare. I handed him my HP 32s and after a minute > he whispered, "Where's the equals key?" He gave my calculator back. > :-) I did that to a financial controller in a previous life; she was not amused... Hey, it was the only calculator that I had! I could see her helplessly looking for the "=" key, then I took pity on her. -- Dave