HP Prime speed vs TI-Nspire CX

[toml_12953]

(11-08-2016 05:57 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  

(11-08-2016 03:42 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:  I think you'll enjoy it, too. I'm a big fan of PPL (Prime Programming Language). At one point I was going to develop a standard BASIC interpreter for the Prime but PPL has everything I need and I've found that porting most BASIC programs to it is very easy so there's little need for a BASIC interpreter. The Prime blows away all the other calculators I've tried in benchmarks. If it had an SD card slot and printing capability, I would rarely ever use a computer! As impressive as CAS is, I don't use it at all and wish HP would make a separate calculator for it rather than the mish-mosh we have now where even experienced uses can get hung up with variable names, function names and the way functions are evaluated. (JMTC!)

Tom L

The one thing that PPL lacks wrt BASIC is a GOTO statement, which would really help to make sense of some old listings. Though I recall reading of a workaround, having it built-in would occasionally be useful.

I'd like to know what the workaround is! I have some very unstructured BASIC programs that defy my attempts to structure them.

Tom L