I never knew there was such snobbery about how this particular key is called !
It's a bit pathetic really... just goes to show people are genetically programmed to form tribes on arbitrary grounds just so they can fell part of something and go to fight the other tribes.
Human brain is just hopeless, the race is never gonna get anywhere with this mindset
Well it managed to go the moon at least, I give you that... but still. Maybe we would already be colonizing another planetary system were we able to join forces to achieve goals faster rather than wasting time money and energy fighting for futile and sterile reasons...
Wow I am all philosophical all of a sudden. Maybe that's because it's quiet here at 00H15... or maybe that's because I am hungry, who knows.... will go cook something quick to find out !!! ...
Good grief, Vince! Calm down!
You are obviously not familiar with all the teasings between the RPN-fans and the " = " club.
This kind of teasing has a long ongoing history here in the TEA thread and is part of the folklore of this forum.
So, ease your anger, drink a cup of milk and enjoy the scene.
I already knew about the RPN huys who feel superior, when I watched a video about iton " Computerphile " YT channel...
... but I had not heard about "wars" about the return/=/EXE key...
RPN from what I understand was not meant to be superior, but merely used because of technical limitations back in the day. RPN used less hardware, cheaper.
Then of course that had consequences on the user interface, the part that the guy punching number interacts with... but it's a consequence... not a goal in itself.
Well that's my very basic understanding of it anyhow !
I don't care one way ot the other... as long as the freaking calculator gives me the correct answer, it's the most important as far as I am concerned ?!
the rest is personal preference / habits in user interface design...
I do admit that RPN makes it quicker to interact with the calculator though, less key strokes to achieve a given equation.
So for people who us eit 8 hours a day all day long all life long yeah, I can understand that it's a major advantage
EDIT : last week I decided to severely reduce my consumption of milk, from 3 liters a day to.. well zero ideally. Failing that, as little as possible.
So no cup of milk for me ! I have now switched to apple juice and orange juice instead...