[COFF] The most surprising Unix programs

[Dave Horsfall]

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