newRPL: [UPDATED April 27-2017] Firmware for testing available for download

[Claudio L.]

(03-17-2016 05:41 PM)Han Wrote:  Out of curiosity, is Qpi the original HP Qpi or are you referring to the QPI program from the HP48 days?

I mean the built-in commands in the 50g, →Q and →Qπ, just that I was too lazy to use the proper Unicode characters.

(03-17-2016 05:41 PM)Han Wrote:  Lastly, are you using the same algorithm from the HP calcs? or did you happen to implement the algorithm that can be found in the "Best rational approximation" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction

I don't know or looked at the algorithm implemented for HP calcs.
It's essentially the same algorithm as Wikipedia but more streamlined to find rational approximations.
I actually took the simplified algorithm from this description.