[X4U] Tiger's Calculator.app no longer does percentages?

net kat netkat at comcast.net
Sun Nov 27 07:41:07 PST 2005


your first and second examples are different from each other.

-2^2 and 0-2^2  are logically the same, whereas the second example,
you're stating first  -9-16 versus  16-9

those two statements should and do produce different results.

nk





On Nov 27, 2005, at 6:44 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> Wow. This is getting long. Let's ask what OS neXt calculator gets for:
>
> -2^2
>
> and does it get the same for
>
> 0 - 2^2
>
> where ^ is the exponential and not a bitwise exclusive OR?
>
> Is  -3^2-4^2  the same as -4^2-3^2  ?
> -- 
>
> Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
> Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.

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