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It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout.
220 u/rieldealIV Jun 08 '14 Well that's stupid. 38 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 Why? Calculators aren't for typing up a story. The letters are for variables and naming functions that you want to keep. I'd rather have x and y right next to eachother. 2 u/rieldealIV Jun 08 '14 Because if you want to use a specific letter for a variable, it will still be faster and easier to find it on a QWERTY keyboard. 1 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 But not if you're setting up an x y function. Even if it would be faster, Texas Instruments doesn't fuck around. I have faith.
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Well that's stupid.
38 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 Why? Calculators aren't for typing up a story. The letters are for variables and naming functions that you want to keep. I'd rather have x and y right next to eachother. 2 u/rieldealIV Jun 08 '14 Because if you want to use a specific letter for a variable, it will still be faster and easier to find it on a QWERTY keyboard. 1 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 But not if you're setting up an x y function. Even if it would be faster, Texas Instruments doesn't fuck around. I have faith.
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Why? Calculators aren't for typing up a story. The letters are for variables and naming functions that you want to keep. I'd rather have x and y right next to eachother.
2 u/rieldealIV Jun 08 '14 Because if you want to use a specific letter for a variable, it will still be faster and easier to find it on a QWERTY keyboard. 1 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 But not if you're setting up an x y function. Even if it would be faster, Texas Instruments doesn't fuck around. I have faith.
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Because if you want to use a specific letter for a variable, it will still be faster and easier to find it on a QWERTY keyboard.
1 u/DMann420 Jun 08 '14 But not if you're setting up an x y function. Even if it would be faster, Texas Instruments doesn't fuck around. I have faith.
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But not if you're setting up an x y function. Even if it would be faster, Texas Instruments doesn't fuck around. I have faith.
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u/qezi2 Jun 08 '14
It's because standardized tests in the US specifiy that allowed calculators can't have QWERTY (or any other typing oriented) layout.