Correct layout of e^/LN/10^/LOG?

[rprosperi]

Clearly venturing into religious ground here, you can and should expect both quietly and outrageously religious replies.

IMHO, which is 'best' depends on what the user actually uses often - some users will never, ever use e^x and LN, while others can see no reason to even have base-10 logs at all, so how do reconcile the 'best' layout to accommodate both users?

As you note, the various design teams within HP had different views, and they could even talk to the prior teams for those insights (though anecdotal evidence suggests this was only rarely done) and so chose to implement what they thought was 'best'.

While its pretty much guaranteed no single answer will gain unanimous support, these disucssions remain interesting in they reveal sometimes very different use cases and calculating habits of the various folks that reply.

Let the religious comments commence...