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From: scott@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Scott Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Calculators.
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Date: 20 Nov 89 23:32:51 GMT
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/ hpcvca:comp.misc / peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) /  3:18 pm  Nov 17, 1989 /

>    iterative stuff. And, reall, the RPN affectation was just that: an
>    affectation. 4-place stacks suck.

Interesting.  Have you ever used RPN?

I used to have a TI SR-51 back in junior
high, then got an HP-25.  After a year I sold the 25 and got a TI SR52.  While
I liked the SR52, keeping track of those parentheses was a real pain, and the
HP was *much* easier to program.  I used the SR52 all through high school and
college, and finally sold it 3 years after graduating.  It held up well, but
algebraic notation on a calculator was still a pain.

And here I thought that you were a *real* programmer.  :-)

Scott Linn