Is the HP 50g the last RPN calculator?

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Hi,

As always I have my (sometimes controversial) opinions:

(09-22-2018 10:34 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  Is the HP 50g the last RPN (RPL) calculator produced by HP? I hope not.

How long has it been for the 50g been out of production?

I feel old.

HP 35s is the only HP Scientific RPN calculator currently in production.
HP 12C, 12CP and 17BII+ are financial RPN calculators currently in production.

(09-22-2018 10:44 PM)Jlouis Wrote:  Don't forget that the Prime has RPN in home environment.

Nah, just a bolt-on to keep the RPN crowd happy, like crumbs off a table.

(09-23-2018 01:06 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  The 11C offers nothing that isn't the same or better in a 15C, so no need to dabble with it. The only advantage of an 11C, today, is they are much cheaper than a 15C, and if you don't need Complex or Matrix support, Solver or Integration, then 11C is the way to go. But what sensible person that is seriously considering these machines could conclude they will never need those functions? Which is why 15C's cost more...

I would argue the 11C offers simplicity. With most people having access to computers that can do the more complicated stuff, a simple scientific by the side to quick calculations is sufficient.

(09-24-2018 05:13 PM)Jlouis Wrote:  RPL is a programming language, IMHO.

I totally agree, and it is a programming language useful for a calculator.

HP Prime Programming Language is an Algol* type programming language that is no longer suited to a calculator but rather for a PC or something with a full QWERTY keyboard, being too cumbersome for a calculator keyboard.

*footnote: I have an issue with many modern programming languages with "basic" in their name when they are actually Algol type languages not having any resemblance to BASIC and do not deserve to have "basic" in their name.
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