> While programming for graphing calculators admittedly doesn’t give Marcolina’s work a wide reach
Are they joking? Those TI 83's will be used by high school students in the US/Canada as long as TI has this chokehold on schools. They've outlasted god-knows how many versions of Mac's, PC's, Nintendos, Xboxes, PS's.
How is the TI-83 still a thing? iPod is superior in every way: CPU display size and color, flexibility, cost (well, if they produced a last-gen version for the down market, it would be)
Also, don't underestimate the value of a UI and hardware keyboard centered around a specific workflow. Calculators are almost the opposite of a tablet/phone, computers specialized to programming and user input, with communication and content consumption as an afterthought at most.
Are they joking? Those TI 83's will be used by high school students in the US/Canada as long as TI has this chokehold on schools. They've outlasted god-knows how many versions of Mac's, PC's, Nintendos, Xboxes, PS's.