WIRED; It's Past Time for You To Ditch That Fancy Scientific Calculator

[pier4r]

as I wrote in the "doubled" thread I do not quite follow this.

For small formulas: a scientific calculator (algebraic) seems faster to me than google (input interface, fixing typos, recall answers, etc.)

For a longer algorithm, especially if one wants to slowly build a set of formulas used, python in theory is ok but it is not quickly available like a calculator. Even with the computer closed a calculator is pretty useful.

Only with very long algorithms, where one needs to use a computer (better, a qwerty keyboard) nonetheless, the calculator may lose.