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Paul Dale · (This post was last modified: 05-02-2019 01:12 AM by Paul Dale.)

(05-01-2019 01:35 PM)gomefun2 Wrote: Just out of curiosity what level of programming competency goes into coding the WP 43S?

Not a lot. Most code in a calculator doesn't require deep numerical analysis. Most of the code is handling the user's inputs and displaying the results.

Quote:Do you guys all have 5+ years of professional coding in C? or whatever language is being used?

We would expect some experience with C, but again it doesn't have to be large.

Quote:My main concern is that a MISO (multiple inputs single output) is being implemented. It was the key feature that the WP-34s was missing IMO (due to memory limitations I assume).

We didn't think of it and I don't remember it being suggested.

Quote:I am somewhat familiar with numerical methods and programming. If I were to build a MISO solver I'd probably have to read a bunch of books and papers to make it run fast. I am curious how do you guys research the best way to code things? or do you just know from your careers?

Web research was valuable, so was having a number of books to hand, asking questions on these forums helped a lot and there was some experience involved. Really, it was a mixture of sources and a willingness to try and fail.

Pauli