Re: Why do so many people love Teas Instruments?

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:53:46 -0700, JAM <marchel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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which was built to be algebraic from the day one. Now from the teacher
standpoint, why would you want to teach students a notation that is
different from the notation they have in their text book ? Teachers
have enough problems with teaching students to understand the material
that is in the standard algebraic notation. Making that even more
difficult and confusing students with RPN notation / logic would make
their job even more difficult. RPN by it's nature is limited to the
few talented people, who have no problems with math and tend to
appreciate additional power that comes from the special notation. This
makes HP a niche product and TI a mainstream product. Keep in mind
that even in that group RPN is not a "given". There are number of math
talented people who still dislike RPN and prefer algebraic calculator.

Very true. HP enthusiasts and promoters - please read twice. Or
better, three times

Finally, if TI-89 owner wants RPN, he can install RPN front end. Works
more or less as good as algebraic mode on HP-50.

A.L.
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