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

Eugene list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net
Mon Nov 28 23:29:00 PST 2005


On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 12:17:18PM CST, net kat <netkat at comcast.net> wrote:
: 
: Again, we're distinguishing between a mathmatical procedure and a  
: Calculator behavior.
: 
: "+15%" is, by convention, an accepted, implemented and utilized  
: method of finding out the result of making  a number X-percent larger.

Please show me an ISO standard that defines without question
the action of a "%" button on a calculator, and I'll tell you
if your convention is correct or not.  :-)


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