RPN Tutorial in retro style

[Sylvain Cote]

(07-20-2014 12:57 PM)Marcus von Cube Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:48 PM)r. pienne Wrote:  In the paragraph "What is the correct way to calculate 6 : 2 × (1 + 2) ?" a colon is used throughout to represent division, which I have never seen before.

This is how I learned division at school. It must be a European thing.

Well, may be not exclusively ;-)
In Quebec/Canada, in 1960/70's, I learned the division with the same symbol (÷).
Sylvain

PS: I have printed the tutorial and will read it later today.