Can we have RPN back?

[John R. Graham]

(01-26-2014 08:57 PM)Han Wrote:  RPN made sense only on hardware that was limited in resources. RPL makes more sense on a system with a larger display and much more memory. And as technology improves, RPL will be much more robust while RPN feels extremely limited.

This view is a little inconsistent with the way HP has always (to my knowledge) documented their calculators. I don't believe that RPL has ever referred to the (admittedly) subtlely different RPN supported by calculators that support the RPL programming language. Quoting from the HP 49g+ Manual (my HP28 manual is at home, but I believe it says something similar):

Quote:The hp 49g+ can be operated in two different calculating modes, the Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) mode and the Algebraic (ALG) mode (see page 1-11 in user’s guide for additional details).

- John