Larry:
I don't have a slide rule, but I do have a trusty HP scientific calculator.
The Reverse Polish notation is natural once you get used to it, which
doesn't take long.
The Reverse Polish notation has one big advantage: It's a perfect excuse for
not lending the old HP to a student who forgot his calculator!
John Herrera
>From: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>
>Reply-To: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>
>To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
>CC: kas kastner <kaskas@cox.net>, John Herrera <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>,
> fot@autox.team.net, try0548@rit.edu
>Subject: Re: Cylinder Head Flow
>Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:49:43 -0600
>
>I had to bring my slide rule out of mothballs a while back, because my HP
>calculator died and I can hardly use a calculator that isn't Reverse
>Polish. I guess that makes me multiply obsolete. I must not be the only
>one though, because those HP calculators bring a good price on Ebay.
>Larry
>
>Jack W. Drews wrote:
>
>>> This is so much fun I may have to unlimber my turbocharged solar
>>>powered slide rule.
>>
>>
>>My youngest daughter has a Ph.D. in Math and is an associate professor of
>>same. Not too long ago she was home for a few days and i showed her my old
>>Post Versalog. She had never seen a slide rule! What's the world coming
>>to?
>>
>>
>>uncle jack
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