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From: firth@fps.com (John Firth)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: life's one-way conversions
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Date: 29 Nov 89 02:50:42 GMT
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In article <7123@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>[ Algebraic to RPN is a one-way conversion ]
>
>Not for me. I have an HP calculator, but I'm ruined for RPN. After all that
>Forth programming a 4-element stack just doesn't do it. And eventually Forth
>doesn't do it either.
>

	It seems to me (hater 4-element stacks without the benefit
of a forth background) that all you need is exposure to the 
new! improved! HP.  

Testimonial:  I was a humble student ever losing important figures
foolishly off the end of my HP-16 stack until the HP-41 came into my
life.  Now I am a new man. I can have a huge stack (up to 32k, I
suppose) encompassing real and complex numbers, matrices, vectors,
etc.  I believe this should convert anyone to the wonderful world of
RPN without those nasty 4-element stacks.  Oh, BTW, mine was a gift;
the pice does humble my simple student income.

	John


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