12C Platinum vs. 48GX vs. 50g (Speed Test)

[JDW]

(10-05-2020 10:47 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  These days, this is most often written as "X<>Y" (without the dash in the middle), due to the initial appearance of the the "X<>" function in the 41C and most of it's RPN successors.

Can you explain why that standard exists? Even then, it doesn't make logical sense unless you know that is the standard convention and know the logic behind it. To my eyes, if you examine what is printed on the keys, it says exactly this:

x>
 <y

You see ">" directly above "<" and therefore my preferred way of writing it as "x><y" makes more sense in terms of what is printed on the actual key. So if someone who knows nothing of standard conventions looks at my way of describing it, they would rather quickly find the key. But if one described it another way (either the way the original author described it or as you have), the same question I put forth would be put forth by them.

All said, I modified the steps to allow the casual reader to make more sense of what specific keys on the 12C are being described. Call it "the dummies guide to keying in this code." :-)