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Comment by 1718627440

7 hours ago

Yeah, I think that is a common first task when learning to program. Learning about strings: write a first-grade-math expression calculator. Learning Java: make a GUI calculator. Now convert between prefix, infix and postfix notation. This is all even before you learn about classes or files.

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