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Example questions:

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Much like , , or , calculators are one of the first things one may be asked to program in order to learn a language. I think it would be helpful to have a tag for the many calculators.

So, how about ?

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    \$\begingroup\$ Yes, definitely. The question should be: what should be the defining characteristics of a calculator? \$\endgroup\$
    – 200_success Mod
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 11:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ It does arithmetic on input numbers. ... with that being the main goal. \$\endgroup\$
    – Pimgd
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 11:56
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    \$\begingroup\$ I guess your real question is; is a tax calculator worthy of the calculator tag? That I don't know just yet. \$\endgroup\$
    – Pimgd
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 11:57
  • \$\begingroup\$ We didn't have a tag for this already...? Strange! \$\endgroup\$
    – Simon Forsberg
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 12:39

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Yes, go ahead and create it. The Stack Overflow tag has the description:

This tag is for questions about calculators, or calculator programming.

I would recommend reusing the excerpt, like:

This tag is for questions about calculators.

but adding the wiki text:

Calculator questions have the basic concept that it supports the input of a sequence of values and operators, and the program computes the result. The format used for the input, whether it is Postfix (also called RPN - Reverse Polish Notation) like 3 4 + or Infix like 3 + 4 should be clarified in the question

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks for wiki texts \$\endgroup\$
    – Pimgd
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 12:40
  • \$\begingroup\$ Evaluating postfix and infix expressions would be better covered under math-expression-eval. We might want a narrower definition of calculator. \$\endgroup\$
    – 200_success Mod
    Commented Feb 12, 2015 at 17:38
  • \$\begingroup\$ Why not include prefix notation for 100% coverage? This pedantry in the tag might preempt pedantry in the comments. \$\endgroup\$
    – ben rudgers
    Commented Feb 14, 2015 at 0:28

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