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ENTER↑ is a misnomer, long live ENTER:
07-07-2014, 10:50 AM
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RE: ENTER↑ is a misnomer, long live ENTER:
(07-06-2014 10:40 PM)hansklav Wrote:  
(07-06-2014 07:28 PM)walter b Wrote:  ENTER↑ is a name fitting the classic RPN function well (compare e.g. R↓ and R↑, and look at all the pocket calculators from the HP-35 to the HP-41CX). ...

... Looking into the future it is important that the key has a name that speaks for itself. Imho ENTER: gives future users of Classical RPN a much better intuitive feeling for the semantic of this key in Classical RPN calculators than ENTER↑.

Sorry, I continue disagreeing. While ENTER: looks like a label to me (no operation), ENTER↑ describes what the operation does - it enters a number in the stack. Even the arrow points in the right direction (although HP talks about pushing values on the stack, it pushes them below the stack in reality - but that's another story). I'm pretty sure you'll also find ENTER↑ on the 43S.

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