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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Because calculators used to use paper, and clear entry basically invalidated the line.

This kept the same interface for the really old paper calculator users.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226285302528

http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/busicom_141-pf.html the granddaddy of calculators, and the one the Intel 4004 processor was designed for.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

but we got digital typewriters that still used paper and those added the obvious functions like backspace and actual text editing tools, why didn't calculators progress the same?