[34S] Proposal for Entry RPN mode with dynamic stack

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(02-18-2015 09:50 AM)walter b Wrote:  The WP series of calcs is specified as featuring classic RPN.

Well, of course, but unlike the digits of pi, it isn't set in stone. This entire thread is about the possibility of changing the specification.

(02-18-2015 09:50 AM)walter b Wrote:  I'd refrain from making things more complicated than necessary (remember Albert E.: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.").

That's a valuable idea (although Einstein probably phrased it differently) but by all accounts he was talking about scientific theories, and not about machines or about options provided to people...

Absolutely nothing would be more complicated for those who prefer classic RPN: they would just skip a chapter in the manual and not activate an option they don't need.

(02-18-2015 09:50 AM)walter b Wrote:  Once one has understood RPN, there's no user advantage in so-called Entry RPN IMHO.

Maybe not for you, maybe not for me, but you simply cannot speak for all users. If someone else's mind works in such a way that 'Entry RPN' feels more natural and easier to them, then it can be a genuinely useful feature regardless of how many people have no need for it.