DM41x vs DM42 from an HP48/50 user perspective

[rprosperi]

If the goal is to write programs to calculate numbers, the DM42 is better; it's much faster, much high precision, and has more advanced language constructs (though still far simpler than RPL) however for simply exploring the system's guts, using assembler, using (or just exploring) pre-made applications, etc. then the DM41X is a far better choice, with literally hundreds of times more ROMs, applications, books, technical articles, etc.