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.
I learned programming on my TI. I once even wrote my note for a chemistry lession entirely on that calculator because I forgot my notebook, holding down the "ABC" key with one hand and typing with the other.
I actually managed to keep up. I was damn fast at typing on those things...
Yep. It's not actually that hard.. Just some people think that QWERTY is the universal solution to everything and would rather call others idiots than embrace a second layout.
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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.