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newRPL: symbolic numbers
12-23-2014, 01:13 AM
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RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers
I think it's brilliant. Using quotes around a number to indicate a symbolic is elegant and intuitive, and I can't think of any disadvantage to that entry method. Proposing it in the manner you have makes me wonder why HP didn't already implement it that way.

Going the other way (turning what is now a real or imaginary number back to a symbolic) seems like unscrambling an egg though. The only solution I can imagine would require keeping a practically limitless memory of every step the user did to get to that point. Unless you're talking about a simple one-level "undo" though, which we already have.

Granted I haven't thought about it very much, but it seems a concept worthwhile exploring.
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newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-22-2014, 11:01 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - John Galt - 12-23-2014 01:13 AM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-23-2014, 03:34 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Nigel (UK) - 12-23-2014, 12:06 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-23-2014, 03:10 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-23-2014, 05:22 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Nigel (UK) - 12-23-2014, 05:57 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-23-2014, 09:01 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Nigel (UK) - 12-23-2014, 09:49 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-24-2014, 03:15 AM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - brouhaha - 12-23-2014, 09:27 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Gilles - 12-24-2014, 11:12 AM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-24-2014, 07:51 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-29-2014, 03:19 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Gilles - 12-29-2014, 07:38 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-29-2014, 10:21 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Han - 12-29-2014, 09:33 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Gilles - 12-30-2014, 10:00 AM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-30-2014, 02:19 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - rprosperi - 12-30-2014, 02:26 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Han - 12-30-2014, 04:50 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-30-2014, 07:18 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Gilles - 12-30-2014, 10:18 PM
RE: newRPL: symbolic numbers - Claudio L. - 12-30-2014, 10:39 PM



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