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HP-35S here, rpn mode. I got into it in my first job back in 2011. All the engineers I was working with used them. We'd standardized on rpn long ago, after one
by tigerlily 3y ago
HP-35S here, rpn mode. I got into it in my first job back in 2011. All the engineers I was working with used them. We'd standardized on rpn long ago, after one senior engineer attempted to use a colleague's new algebraic calculator under time pressure and threw it against the wall in frustration.
For context my line of work back then was electrical high-power testing for some big customers. Lots of thinking on your feet, hence the need for fewer keystrokes.
- triyambakam 3y ago> after one senior engineer attempted to use a colleague's new algebraic calculator under time pressure and threw it against the wall in frustration. Can you explain why he was frustrated?
- tigerlily 3y agoHe expected the calculator to work like an rpn, but it was infix only, which he'd never used before. I guess the 2 euro per second time pressure must've got to him.
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