> #As I said, I find any calculator other than an RPN one to be very
> #difficult to use (and I make a lot of mistakes attempting to do so).
> #There would have to be something _very_ special in a non-RPN machine
> to
> #convince me to use it...
> #
> #-tony
>
> I totally agree with this. I bought an HP 21 when I was in college
> (the first calculator I owned, and which I stll have), and even today I
> have a hard time figuring out when to hit the "=" sign on non-RPN
> calculators.
What's so hard about a non-RPN calculator? If you want to
do the equivalent of 2+2, you enter 2, +, 2, and =. For a
non-RPN calculator you basically enter the calculation the
same way you write it. If you've got a non-simple calculation
and you've not a calculator with ( and ) you can use them, too
(most reasonable calculators have them).
--
Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
School Zones: Man's attempt to thwart natural selection.
Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 21:56:12 BST