Yes... but not in a very profitable business. (And don't you really mean a utf-8 button? :)
It's my own fault, for daring you to think of a minimal set of buttons, lol Nevertheless, it's got me thinking... and I think I could do it. > If there is demand for a J-based pocket calculator, by all means provide one > (could be released > as an addon), but I wouldn't complicate the demo. @Ric --you are soooooh right. If you do this right, you are going to have some second graders (or younger) trying to puzzle out what you are talking about. @Raul --that's what I'm thinking. It's a challenge, but maybe worth the time just for that reason. BTW I'm happy with the latest incarnation of calc.ijs --and it's all been written up in JinaDay, so I'm not planning on changing that now (...much). So it will be a totally separate demo, called (say) talc.ijs (tacit-calc) Ian 2010/11/11 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: > I would add an ascii button. > > Press the ascii button followed by a three number code and you are in > business. > > 2010/11/11 Ian Clark <[email protected]> > >> Yes, but then it wouldn't be a "simple" pocket calculator... >> >> But thinking about it for the moment, if HP can sell a >> "reverse-Polish" scientific calculator, then why not a "tacit J" one? >> >> Can you think of a useful but small set of keys? Not sure I'd want a >> keyboard with all 133 primitives. :-) But something handier than a >> typewriter keyboard else it's just another command-line JFE. >> >> Ian >> >> >> 2010/11/11 Björn Helgason <[email protected]>: >> > I would like to have a pocket calculator with J on it so they could be >> > useful ...snipped... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
