Why do desktop calculators add and subtract differently than handheld ones?

Paul

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For example, with a the handheld calculators that I have used in class if I want to subtract a number I press 8 - 5. However with a desktop calc I have to press 8 + 5 - then =.
 
i have both types of calculators but i have never encountered one where you had to put in the numbers like that.
 
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