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Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by JoshTriplett » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:40 PM UTC

dan-robertson wrote: post #14

Their demo of their efficient interface compared to GNU Calc: SC: 5+8 Enter [4 keys, 1 shift] Calc: 5 RET 8 + [4 keys, 1 shift] SC: 5*(113+23) Enter [11 keys, 3 shifts] Calc: 5 RET 113 RET 23 + * [10 keys, 1 shift] SC: 7*ans Enter [6 keys, 1 shift] Calc: 7 * [2 keys, 1 shift] SC: sqrt(1231+41) Enter [14 keys, 3 shift] Calc: 1231 RET 41 + Q [9 keys, 1 shift] Maybe it’s more efficient than clicking buttons with a mouse…

You're comparing infix with RPN. There are more factors there than just number of keystrokes; not everyone enjoys working with RPN or finds it comfortable. RPN is a deliberate tradeoff in favor of speed/efficiency at the expense of other things.

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by widea » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:40 PM UTC

One thing I do not like about Speedcrunch: there is a slight delay between pressing enter and showing the result, just enough to be noticed.

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by jicka » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:44 PM UTC

widea wrote: post #22

One thing I do not like about Speedcrunch: there is a slight delay between pressing enter and showing the result, just enough to be noticed.

Try clearing your history. I notice the delay only when I have dozens / hundreds of steps in history.

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by gravypod » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:46 PM UTC

This looks great but I wish it had some of the features that NaSC [0] has. It's a really amazing tool but it's awfully crashy to the point where it's barely usable. That being said being able to say `solve(... = 512 MiB)` and getting an answer is unbelievably amazing.

[0] - https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.parnold-x.nasc/

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by widea » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:48 PM UTC

jicka wrote: post #23

widea wrote: post #22

One thing I do not like about Speedcrunch: there is a slight delay between pressing enter and showing the result, just enough to be noticed.

Try clearing your history. I notice the delay only when I have dozens / hundreds of steps in history.

That solved it, thanks! :-) Now I have nothing but good words about Speedcrunch!

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by crispyalmond » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:48 PM UTC

yboris wrote: post #4

I love SpeedCrunch on Windows, but for MacOS I prefer Numi https://numi.app/

How does Numi compare to Soulver 3[0]?

[0] https://soulver.app/

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by crispyalmond » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:51 PM UTC

widea wrote: post #22

One thing I do not like about Speedcrunch: there is a slight delay between pressing enter and showing the result, just enough to be noticed.

I just installed it to try it out and I love the idea but this is the worst part about it. Even with no history as another said, it still has a delay.

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by granddave » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 7:53 PM UTC

This is a great piece of software that's installed on all my machines!

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by db65edfc7996 » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 8:02 PM UTC

Ever since Windows released their embarrassing touch-friendly calculator app which takes 1+ seconds to start, SpeedCrunch has been my goto across platforms.

I was recently doing some (silly) combinatorical math, where I wanted to know factorial(400_000) and SpeedCrunch happily produced the answer immediately. Incredibly satisfied.

Re: SpeedCrunch

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Post by skyfaller » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 8:04 PM UTC

I love SpeedCrunch, but lately I've been using Kalker on the command line: https://kalker.xyz/

It's written in Rust ;-)