5 Jan
2014
5 Jan
'14
7:37 p.m.
On 5 January 2014 19:22, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
They are also good for engineers, or anybody else who
needs to calculate values of nontrivial nested equations.
I'll take your word for it. I am not one and I don't think I know
anyone who is socially. I could ask around, I suppose.
I wonder if my early exposure to an RPN calculator
contributed to my easy acceptance of RPN entry and stack-based languages like Postscript?
I suspect it might, yes.
I am not saying either system is /better/ than the other; I am just
saying that I find one easier than the other. Well, and that I'm a bit
tired of being patronized or it being implied that I am stupid because
I can't readily use RPN.
I can't readily read Greek either. I know most of the letters and I
can kinda sorta sound stuff out, but no more. But then, I've never had
to, just as I've never had to use RPN or a stack-based language.
Or maybe it's just a matter of how my brain is
wired? I can imagine that some folks may have a strong preference for algebraic or RPN
entry based on how their brains happen to be wired.
[Nod]
Bit of both, I suspect!
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