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[pascal_meheut]

(11-13-2024 04:01 AM)Idnarn Wrote:  I have a question. I wonder about what use-case a HP 16C would have in today's world. What is a HP 16C good for nowadays other than a novelty?

I do not program a lot in C nowadays, I think the last time I was involved in a serious project was the WP-34C. But I have a lof of experience even in assembly language.

When I need to do conversions, shifts and so on, I use an HP-16C because it is fast and convenient. And because I also need to convert to and from decimal which is not that trivial.
Another reason is that even if I can do many things in my head and used to, I tend to rely more on tools for tasks with very little added value such as conversions. Why spending my brain CPU cycles to do so when my calculator is faster and less error prone?