HP Forums / HP Calculators (and very old HP Computers) / General Forum v / HP-35’s x^y Why?

Post Reply 
HP-35’s x^y Why?
10-30-2021, 08:46 PM (This post was last modified: 10-30-2021 08:55 PM by Peet.)
Post: #4
Peet Offline
Member
 		Posts: 184
Joined: Oct 2020
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why?
I also suspect HP first chose the "logical" way with x^y (like x^2) but then noticed that y^x (like 10^x) feeled more natural to the user similar to simple arithmetic (like y enter x *).

Most curious is probably the Prime with an x^y key that does y^x Big Grin
My calculators - former: CBM PR100, HP41CV, HP11C, HP28S - current: HP48G, HP35S, Prime, DM41X, DM42, HP12C
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 


Messages In This Thread
HP-35’s x^y Why? - Matt Agajanian - 10-30-2021, 06:33 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - toml_12953 - 10-30-2021, 06:43 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - TomC - 10-30-2021, 07:41 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Peet - 10-30-2021 08:46 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Gerson W. Barbosa - 10-30-2021, 09:54 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 10-30-2021, 11:43 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Peet - 10-31-2021, 07:45 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 10-31-2021, 07:07 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Peet - 10-31-2021, 09:18 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Didier Lachieze - 10-31-2021, 09:49 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - lrdheat - 10-31-2021, 12:00 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 10-31-2021, 12:23 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - rprosperi - 10-31-2021, 01:09 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 10-31-2021, 01:34 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Dave Britten - 10-31-2021, 01:31 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - rprosperi - 10-31-2021, 08:18 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 10-31-2021, 09:39 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - rprosperi - 10-31-2021, 11:59 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Steve Simpkin - 11-01-2021, 12:51 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - ijabbott - 11-01-2021, 08:40 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - EdS2 - 11-01-2021, 09:54 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - rprosperi - 11-01-2021, 12:40 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - John Keith - 11-01-2021, 02:47 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 02:37 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 03:46 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Albert Chan - 11-03-2021, 07:45 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 01:44 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Albert Chan - 11-03-2021, 03:21 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - J-F Garnier - 11-03-2021, 07:47 AM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 02:38 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - J-F Garnier - 11-03-2021, 03:43 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 05:46 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - J-F Garnier - 11-03-2021, 06:41 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - robve - 11-03-2021, 08:04 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Albert Chan - 11-03-2021, 06:22 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - cdmackay - 11-02-2021, 04:22 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - ijabbott - 11-02-2021, 08:09 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Gene - 11-02-2021, 04:31 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Jeff O. - 11-04-2021, 09:15 PM
RE: HP-35’s x^y Why? - Guenter Schink - 11-04-2021, 09:21 PM



User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Contact Us | The Museum of HP Calculators | Return to Top | Return to Content | Lite (Archive) Mode | RSS Syndication