18 Mar
2020
18 Mar
'20
6:17 a.m.
Dave Horsfall writes:
On Tue, 17 Mar 2020, ca6c(a)firemail.cc wrote:
I use free42 which is a great 42S emulator that doesn't run out of batteries.
There is something sexy about reverse Polish
notation. I really do
encourage everyone reading this to try dc as their "desk calculator" for
some time.
I've been using my trusty HP-42S for so long that I can hardly remember
how to use a "normal" calculator :-)
Oh, and I was surprised to learn that "bc" is just a front-end to
"dc"
when I read the manpage more closely; it is indeed the "Unix Way"[tm].
-- Dave