"A calculator app? Anyone could make that."

https://chadnauseam.com/coding/random/calculator-app

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bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 30 pts · 1y

I like this sentence from the paper linked at the end of the article:

We show how to implement arithmetic […] that is correct, even by the standards of naive users.

runeko@programming.dev · 21 pts · 1y

kernelle@0d.gs · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

"Psht I'll never use maths in real life", maths in real life:

SwordInStone@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

None of the people involved ever said nor thought it.

kernelle@0d.gs · 8 pts · 1y

I never thought that either. It's a joke, relax.

litchralee@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

I am always deeply enthralled when math and comp-sci unite to yield an elegant result, where my definition of elegance is: efficient + minimal.

mikumiku@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I was asking my friend if they want to do code a calculator with me then I realized it's much harder than it looks.

JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

I had tried to build one one time and got the ui down. As I started building the more complex arithmatic (chaining calculations) i realized how insanely complex it actually is. It made me realize how complex the most simple looking apps actually are.