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Every time I end up on a non-rpn calculator I struggle to convert the calculation I have in my head to use infix operators.
by bestham 6y ago
Every time I end up on a non-rpn calculator I struggle to convert the calculation I have in my head to use infix operators.
- hamburglar 6y agoSame here. I can’t really tell if it’s bias because I am very comfortable with RPN, but another of the benefits of RPN is that it seems much easier to build up a complex computation on the fly without having to backtrack and add parentheses, which on most calculators means you have to start over. With an infix calculator, I have to plan the whole thing out precisely before I even begin entering it, whereas RPN feels like a “streaming” translation that is very easy.