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1 Oct 2024 03:16:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Wikipath  
From: Invisible
Date: 15 Aug 2008 10:51:05
Message: <48a597d9$1@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford wrote:

> Mmm, RPN... My dad has an HP calculator that uses that. Once you get 
> used to it it's quite nice.

It's a simple and clean solution to the age-old problem of trying to do 
a calculation on a pocket calculator and needing to write down values 
and later type them back in again. Just use a stack, silly!

(I've never tried this extensively, but I would suggest that it probably 
requires a little forethought before you start the calculation...)

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