[COFF] The most surprising Unix programs
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Sat Mar 21 08:51:07 AEST 2020
On Fri, 20 Mar 2020, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote:
> What I think I'm hearing you say is that with RPN you were shouldering
> part of the computational load based on how you were entering things so
> that they aligned as necessary with the stack. Conversely, you were
> simply "plug and chug" (as I've heard elsewhere). Meaning you entered
> the equation / formula and were largely hands off from the calculation.
>
> Is that accurate?
You may need parentheses, which not all algebraic calculators have (and
the ones that do have limited nesting).
Ironic really; either you have to do what RPN users do i.e. work "inside
out" if you have a small stack or the calculator has to implement one :-)
-- Dave
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