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Im looking for a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator program for Linux. Must be programmable, im not too picky on the exact syntax of the language, as long as there is adequate instruction on its use (man page). Preferably something in the Ubuntu Repositories (or has a .deb for it). Any suggestions welcome!
Im looking for a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator program for Linux. Must be programmable, im not too picky on the exact syntax of the language, as long as there is adequate instruction on its use (man page).
You don't seem to require that it have a GUI, so sometimes the oldest is the best. It's called dc. It's beem part of the UNIX world longer than the C programming language has. These days, it's part of the bc package:
Turns out i have dc already installed. Looked through the man pages and found a few things missing that i may require. Trigonometric functions being one of them. I will need to use exponents also. Possibly some basic matrices. Basically a fully functional engineering grade calculator. As far as the programming goes, i guess since it runs in the shell i would just need to write a script for automating arithmetic?
Edit: I also tried orpie, looks loaded with features, probably more than i need. Is it possible to write programs for it though?
Yes... despite the thread is very old this is [one of] the top hits Google delivers.
I've invested (or wasted?) a lot of time finding a good RPN calculator and I'd like to help people less lucky than me (or less stubborn than me) who failed to find this wonderful calculator.
No. The thread is not about buying a product. The thread is about downloading the emulator and running it on Linux, Windoze or MacOS.
I said you can also buy the product. I said you can also build a calculator yourself. These are informational statements.
These are additional options you have. I'm not pushing anyone to buy or build anything.
You are free to choose between running the emulator, buy the real thing or hacking with electronics.
Im looking for a Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) calculator program for Linux. Must be programmable, im not too picky on the exact syntax of the language, as long as there is adequate instruction on its use (man page). Preferably something in the Ubuntu Repositories (or has a .deb for it). Any suggestions welcome!
There is an android app, Droid48sx. You can probably get the sources for that. It is a full HP-48/SX programmable.
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