Next Generation Calculator

[john gustaf stebbins]

(11-12-2021 09:30 PM)John Keith Wrote:  I also believe that RPL is a superior system and programming language but that is partly because I have been using RPL since the 28S. I also like Python which seems to be faster on the Prime than its native language which I like a lot less.

RPL would be nice on the Prime, but I'm not sure they system was seriously developed with postfix in mind. I've messed with the programming language enough to become accustomed to it and the early bugs that often made it unusable have been fixed.

What mostly keeps me from using the Prime for "big" calculation projects is the student environment: only having 26 variables, separate HOME and CAS, and so forth. If it had a more professional environment that would help: free form variables, integrated file system for data and programs, CAS functions available generally. Basically, reworking the Prime to be more 48g than 38g. This would require a bit of reprogramming, but could be done on the same hardware. I just need to be able to store functions and preliminary results to do problems that are more than textbook examples.