No RPL?

[Michael de Estrada]

(12-19-2013 02:15 AM)Han Wrote:  Given that this is a calculator, what exactly is it about HP PPL that prevents you from accomplishing whatever calculator projects you have in mind? Beyond the annoyances of BEGIN/END etc...

I don't think of this as a calculator, but a very compact programmable computer. As such, it can benefit from a more sophisticated programming language. One thing I really miss from FORTRAN is branch to label that even BASIC offers. This forces a lot of cumbersome and unnecessary IF THEN ELSE type constructs, and keeping track of END statements. Also, I hate how the code for called functions (subroutines) has to precede the code for the main program.