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[Octavian Damiean <odamiean@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Riccardo Ferrazzo
<f.riccardo87@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> Hi there,
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> There was a misundertand between me and Dalius regarding the +/- button, i
> said that the button is unuseful because the - button can be used either as
> the minus operator or to identify a negative number. The engine is smart
> enough to identify the use based on the position of the operator and the
> preceding sign.
>
> So we don't need that button because just pressing - before a number will
> give the same result. (if we want to use negative inputs).
>

While that might be true I think it is a matter of user ​​expectations.
Users generally expect to have a +/- key on their calculator. Most simple
office calculators have that.