Preferred calculator program language

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(12-09-2018 10:54 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  I'm pretty sure that HP is much more interested in targeting their calculators and smartphone apps to the "younger generations" than to a small, ever-diminishing bunch of die-hard old timers.

I'm not sure if Valentin is correct, but at least part of me hopes that he is, as this would mean someone at HP is actually spending some time/effort thinking about the market(s) for their calculator IP. There has been little evidence of this for many years; the only clear evidence of any marketing thought at all has been the discontinuance of products, and that typically was only when suppliers could not longer provide parts, so not really much of a deft marketing move. The technical capability remains very strong - the Prime application runs on dedicated consumer h/w, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and even Linux - but how to apply it seems a harder problem. I suppose some good news is HP will have the technology to apply, if/when such market decisions are ever made.