What makes "FOCAL" FOCAL?

[Valentin Albillo]

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Hi, Bob:

(04-11-2020 01:37 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Hello Valentin, I hope this finds you safe and well.

Well, thank you for your interest and kind wishes, me and my family are all perfectly Ok, I hope and wish the same for you and yours.

Quote:Regarding the HP-42S, my comments about being nearly identical were with respect to its programming language, the core subject of this thread.

Ok, I assumed "identical" referred to the machine itself, not the language. In keeping to this thread's subject, I completely hate the name "FOCAL" and have never used it, not once. In Spanish it means something like "seal-ish", i.e. "relative to seals" (seal = marine mammal), so it sounds ridiculous to say the least.

I don't think that the keystroke programming paradigm of the HP-41C deserves or needs to be named as a "programming language". Else, the HP-15C , say, also has its own variety which thus would also need naming, which is nonsense.

Just having alphanumeric capabilities doesn't seem enough of a difference to merit having a name assigned.

Best regards.
V.