RPL second impressions (HP 28)

[RMollov]

I like RPL better than RPN. It took me about a week or so to transform all my surveying programs written originally for the HP41 to the HP28S back then, having only German manual and I don't understand German language. Printed examples turned out to be enough.
Later I wrote many more, still used today by colleagues. I followed advice I found somewhere to create little routines with known input and output, test them and latter combine them to make complex program. The resulting directory was used as a source for a library with only selected programs (or macros) left "visible". Debugging was easy for obvious reasons.
I agree RPL is hardly perfect as a language for other than calculator purposes, but wasn't it created exactly for that?
I strongly disagree with the criticism of the manuals, especially the original, thick one, the HP-48 Owner's Manual, for the HP-48 S/X. IMHO it's brilliant. And that without list processing functions that came with the HP-48G/X.


Cheers,