Calculators you regret buying?
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12-11-2023, 11:05 PM
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RE: Calculators you regret buying?
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Hi, Maximilian, (12-10-2023 08:14 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote: my most memorable regret ever was an HP-48SX. I had read so much praise [...] But what a delusion! [...] and last but least, the abomination of RPL as a programming language. After trying it out for about two hours (one hour would already have been an inexcusable waste of lifetime…) I removed the batteries and never put them back in. This horrible experience dates back almost 20 years but I am still traumatized ;-) +1 I fully agree, coincide and concur: RPL is an unholy abomination. Quoting myself from this 2018 thread:
[... about Jupiter ACE's version of FORTH but fully applies to RPL as well ... ] [it] proved to be just too cryptic, it forced would-be programmers to take care of the low-level details (stacks, [...], etc) which is precisely the kind of thing a decent language should take care of so that the programmer can concentrate on the algorithms and high-level details of the task to solve, [...] It's the programming language the one which should be working for me and releasing me of the low-level drudgery, not the other way around." For instance, I never bought a TI calc several decades ago because I quickly realized they were physically inferior, feeble and unreliable, and I wouldn't touch AOS with a 10-ft pole. Best regards. V. All My Articles & other Materials here: Valentin Albillo's HP Collection |
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