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A C Compiler For The HP49g+

Posted by michael on from the geek-out dept.

Cheese Source writes "As previously mentioned on Slashdot, HP's latest and greatest calculator is the HP49g+. While it sports a very powerful (for a calculator) ARM9 cpu, it is only 3 times the speed of the 49g, running at 4MHz. This is because it has to emulate an older processor. Of course, some calculator geeks are now writing adapting a free, open-source C compiler for it. Based on GCC, you can now make programs that run natively on the CPU between 12 and 203MHz. 1000 factorial is calculated and displayed in the blink of an eye (the built in command takes 30 seconds). It will also allow for some great games."

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  1. BREAKING NEWS: T4C GNAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    lol

  2. You know who gobbles monumental knob? It's RMS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK YOU AUTOCONF NAZI! I swear to god, now that I've drunk the GNAA/Lunix koolaid it's not like it's hard fucking enough to install software without your tedious bullshit -- thanks, asscrammer, you've made it totally fucking impossible with your 'magic' autoconf faggot bullshit. FUCK YOU IN SPADES, ASSMONKEY.

    Oh, and Michael Sims is a giant censoring fag.

  3. Re:You know who gobbles monumental knob? It's RMS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, look at the no fucking time that took to get my ass modded down. Gay much, Michael, you fucking censoring faggot Nazi?

  4. Re:You know who gobbles monumental knob? It's RMS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That ass ain't gonna munch itself, Michael. You cunt. Fuck you and all you think you stand for, not that that's anything other than advertising revenue, you fucking fag whore.

  5. Stupidest. Story. Ever by xylix · · Score: -1, Troll
    This has got to be the stupidest story I have read on slashdot. There's a new calculator out from HP? And someone is making a compiler for it? WHOO-HOO, stop the presses!

    Next story - Radio Shack has a new clock radio out.... and you can program the station presets YOURSELF!!!

    I don't give a rat's ass about new calculators or compiler for them, but if this story IS worth posting why not include a link to the actual product on the HP website, or a link to the the hpcalc.org web site where people get off on this stuff and provide more background information.

    Seriously, this DOES look like a great calculator for a student studying math or science, or someone working in a similar field. I guess for those people who already have the calculator to perform calculations and graph stuff (ie the things calculators are sold to do) the ability to 'customize' it might be 'cool'. But you have got to be one card-carrying, dyed-in-the-wool, geek to think so.