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> Take as an example 7,203 x 6,892. If I want to know that exactly, then I reach for Mathematica

They are always trying so hard to sell Mathematica in these blog posts, but this is the lowest I've seen.

I don't know that it's meant to shill the product -- rather, that's the tool that he has handy. I work all the time with Python, and frequently open an IPython shell to do some quick math ("what's the average of 4d6 pick 3?" "what is X% of my paycheck?" "how much do I need to contribute to max out my $FOO?"), simply because it's easier than a calculator.

I mean, sure, it's advertising Mathmatica, but it doesn't seem to be unecessarily doing so. It's more that it's ${programing-language-of-choice} for the author.

I don't work with Python, but when I want to multiply some numbers, I type `python` into terminal and use it as a calculator, as it allows me to do such operations quickly.

It sounds weird that someone opens an IDE and waits ten seconds looking at a splash screen to do a simple multiplication.

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