Summation based benchmark for calculators

[TheKaneB]

(01-23-2018 09:48 PM)Dieter Wrote:  

(01-23-2018 08:19 PM)TheKaneB Wrote:  It has 14 digits, but I used a 12 digits approximation of "e" (copied from my Prime), so the result is a bit off.

?!? – why do you need a value for e ? Is there really no EXP() function?
Especially since you mention...

(01-23-2018 08:19 PM)TheKaneB Wrote:  This thing has a 8085 CPU and runs Microsoft Basic

...and an exponential function is an absolutely ...basic feature of BASIC.

Dieter

I think you know it better than me
Tomorrow I'll try again and see if it has the EXP() function and redo the benchmark.
I used the standard ^ operator for powers.