When Calculators lie will anyone notice?

[Ibix]

Postscript uses RPN - probably because it's meant to be implemented on fairly low-end hardware and mostly written by other programs.

 

[wle]

Emacs also includes an RPN calculator (calc) in its standard distribution. I haven't really used it but the feature list seems quite impressive for a package included in what is ostensibly a text editor.

 

[jedishrfu]

I tend to fire up python on linux and type in my expression to get a quick answer.

 

[Stephen Tashi]

As long as people are prone to make errors using the tiny keyboards on calculators, there will be some distrust in the answers - just because they may be answers to the wrong calculations. If a simpler interface is developed, the answers are more likely to be taken for granted.

...just as people who compose text messages by talking aloud tend to think they are writing what they intend!