HP-35’s x^y Why?
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10-31-2021, 07:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2021 11:47 AM by Peet.)
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RE: HP-35’s x^y Why?
(10-30-2021 11:43 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote: Well the Prime is, first and foremost, an *algebraic* graphing calculator. X^Y is not an unusual label for the power key on traditional algebraic calculators. e.g. TI59, TI30, HP22S or HP17B also had y^x because even on this algebraic calculators you type the base first and than the exponent. The HP35 way (exponent enter base -> x^y) was strange but the 35 was the first of its kind and HP didn't know any better at the time. The label on the Prime and a key what makes the opposite (Numworks shares this incoherent behavior) is very weird. My calculators - former: CBM PR100, HP41CV, HP11C, HP28S - current: HP48G, HP35S, Prime, DM41X, DM42, HP12C |
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