HP Prime. The programmer dream machine

[Bill Zimmerly]

(09-19-2014 05:05 PM)Francois Lanciault Wrote:  But programming a HP-50G is no where as easy as programming the prime.

That is the only place where I disagree with you, and that is rooted in the fact that people are different.

I, for example, have never seen a Pascal-like language that can compete with the power and ease of use of a stack-based language such as RPL or FORTH.

Other than that, I agree 100% with the rest of your observations - the Prime is indeed an excellent programming environment for calculator programming.

Sigh ... if only the same hardware and help system were running RPL too. (The vastly expanded memory is the reason that so much programmer assistance can be provided with the base language.)