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HP 35S - long live the RPN!
12-02-2014, 08:14 AM
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RE: HP 35S - long live the RPN!
(12-02-2014 07:36 AM)brouhaha Wrote:  The 35S has a much less efficient instruction set, actually. It uses a 6502-compatible core, which is atrocious for running C code.

P.J. Plauger, who (I believe) wrote the Whitesmiths C compiler, famously remarked that his company was unable to provide a compiler for the 6502 because it was "below C level".

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HP 35S - long live the RPN! - Dirk E. - 11-21-2014, 12:20 AM
RE: HP 35S - long live the RPN! - jebem - 11-23-2014, 11:50 AM
RE: HP 35S - long live the RPN! - jebem - 12-02-2014, 05:55 AM
RE: HP 35S - long live the RPN! - brouhaha - 12-02-2014, 07:36 AM
RE: HP 35S - long live the RPN! - Les Bell - 12-02-2014 08:14 AM



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