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If they did a 16C, I would definitely buy one.

• wkat4242 3y ago
  Came here to say this. It should definitely be possible to turn off RPN though. I never got my head around that.
  • wkjagt 3y ago
    I actually love RPN, but that's only since I've seen it explained a certain way, I think it was in a manual on the Forth language. RPN makes sense for a computer, because you first give it all the information it needs to do something with, and only then what to do with it. Doing it the "classic" way (3+5) makes much less sense, because you tell the computer: here's a bit of incomplete info (3), please perform this operation (+), and oh here's the rest of the info (5). It also said that it's in a way closer to how humans think: I have two numbers, and I want to add them up. For me it also helps to think that RPN is based on a stack. In "3 5 +", 3 and 5 are pushed onto a stack, and + pulls two numbers off the stack, adds them up and pushes the result (8) back on the stack.
    • wkat4242 3y ago
      Yeah it makes more sense but it's not what I do. In those days calculators had limited processing. These days I want tech to adapt to me, not the other way around :)
      • _nalply 3y ago
        It's not about adapting you to tech. RPN on its own is a powerful computing model. Some calculations are naturally easier with RPN. Especially long calculation chains just flow smoother. It's different but more efficient for humans, as well.
      • waynesonfire 3y ago
        After some time using RPN, you'll find it difficult to use anything but. And, it's nice to not have to worry about (, ).