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PrgCalc app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 2848 ratings )
Utilities
Developer: SKSoft
Free
Current version: 2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 08 Jul 2011
App size: 3.49 Mb

Programmed calculators (PMC), popular in the 80s of last century, now almost forgotten. And it is undeserved! These interesting devices, transferred to a program on modern technical base, and today can be very useful. Many people need to make some complicated calculations, and computer with special programs not around. Here in handy PMC to the iPhone. It is able to make calculation, which can not cope and Excel! Very useful can be our PrgCalc for teaching programming - the program contains all the PMC key elements: conditional and unconditional jumps, subroutines and loops. However, it is simple and requires no knowledge of a programming language. Many of todays programmers began developing his career was with PMC.

We did not set out to copy exactly any particular PMC, but by the command system, architecture and even design is reminiscent of some well-known PMC - MK54, MK61, BZ34, and others. It will go almost all the programs designed for these calculators. These programs there are very many - in mathematics, statistics, engineeringcalculations, finance, etc. Of course, and games.
Features a calculator greatly expanded: the speed is increased to a thousand (!) times, the program (and the register memory) can be saved to a file and read from it.These files are available for sharing via iTunes.
Calculator also has a built-in text editor to create programs right on your iPhone.
Calculator uses extremely convenient reverse "Polish" system of calculation, which eliminates the need for braces. 16 available addressable memory registers. The program can contain up to 100 commands. With "swipe" on the display, you can remove the incorrect digit and "propose" a list of operational and addressable registers. In programming mode, so you can "scroll" program. The state calculator is maintained even after unloading an application from memory.

This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. Has support for Retina Display.