7 Jan
2014
7 Jan
'14
7:41 p.m.
Or they might be people like me ? I?ve been a
professional programmer for 40 years and I?m most likely to type ?python? when I need to
do some quick calculation. But I also keep a slide rule in my office. (Also an abacus ?
but unfortunately that one is still only decoration, I have not yet learned how to use
it.)
There are RPN options at the console, too. My first
instinct is to type "dc" (or "gforth" if I need to do some
hex conversion). There are some things for which I'll
use Python's interactive mode, but I find them few and
far between. I think, for the most part, I find leaving
things on the stack a lot easier than explicitly saving to
variables. I don't pretend that anyone who prefers algebraic
representations is in some way deficient, though; it's just
how my mind works.
- Dave