About calculator benchmark (8 queens) and fast devices. MS challenge #2

[Dieter]

(12-30-2018 11:48 AM)gomefun2 Wrote:  what is this key:

"x<>y?"

I can't find it on my HP35s, DM42 or wp34s...

That's the x≠y? test.

Since "≠" is not an ASCII character this is written as "<>" in various programming languages and similar environments.

(12-30-2018 11:48 AM)gomefun2 Wrote:  All three of my calculators give the same incorrect answer. I think it has to do with this key.
...
EDIT: I assume it means !=
(does not equal)

But I still don't get the correct answer.

Most probably you got an incorrect program with one or more errors. Since the 35s program on the mentioned benchmark page is merely 40 lines, what about posting your (!) 35s program here? The errors should be easy to spot.

For example: STO (I) and STO (J) are different from STO I and STO J.
The same is true for DSE (I) and DSE I, all these are different commands.

Just to be sure: on the 35s please do a manual CLVARX 000 before you run the program.
The 35s code has a CLVARS command, but this does not clear the extended registers where the program stores its data!

Dieter