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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoActually: 2 <enter> 5 <enter> 8 <enter> 5 - x + 10 keystrokes I use RPN on my phone calculator for fun but it can also be annoying sometimes. On my CASIO FX-260 Solar II calculator (super cheap, really nice and simple but also powerful) that would be: 2 + 5 ( 8 - 5 ) = 9 keystrokes
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoBut that’s a specific optimization where you can no longer read the numbers left to right, the original intent of RPN.
Actually:
2 <enter> 5 <enter> 8 <enter> 5 - x +
10 keystrokes
I use RPN on my phone calculator for fun but it can also be annoying sometimes.
On my CASIO FX-260 Solar II calculator (super cheap, really nice and simple but also powerful) that would be:
2 + 5 ( 8 - 5 ) =
9 keystrokes
8 5 - 5 * 2 + CR .
But that’s a specific optimization where you can no longer read the numbers left to right, the original intent of RPN.