18 Jun
2011
18 Jun
'11
7:51 p.m.
On 2011 Jun 18, at 11:20 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
Interesting, do you know if TI didn't make much market effort over
there, or their calcs just weren't well-received in the market?
>> Postifix ('RPN') .vs. Infix
('algebraic;) :-)
Manifest in
the 70's as HP vs TI.
Over here, TI calcualtros were not particularly common. The common
brand
was (and is, I guess) Casio.
Of course those of us who prefer RPN bought HPs.
I never used them much, but the hidden state in infix calculators
didn't inspire confidence during a calculation.
There is state in an RPN calculator too, of course - the stack - but it
is reviewable at any time, you can check all the intermediate results
for saneness as you go.
I still love my little HP-21.
-tony [Mind you, when i saw a pristine TI59 with
magnetic cards,
stnadard
library module and hard and soft cases i na charity shop, I grabbed
it...]