Re: Need assistance

Date	2015-07-19 01:14 +0100
From	MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com>
Subject	Re: Need assistance
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On 2015-07-18 19:28, William Ray Wing wrote:
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>> On Jul 18, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>> What is an {HP calculator} roll operation?
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> The original Hewlett Packard “Scientific” calculators (HP-35, 45, 65, etc) that used Polish notation (operand, operand, operation; with no “=“ sign) had a stack.

FYI, Polish Notation is a prefix notation; the operation comes first.

What you're talking about is Reverse Polish Notation, where the
operation comes last.

 > That stack itself could be manipulated (e.g., interchange X and Y). 
One of the stack manipulation commands was “Roll” which moved the top 
entry into X and pushed remaining elements up one.  Later versions had 
both Roll-up and Roll-down, Roll-down moved the X entry to the top of 
the stack and dropped the other elements.
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> Bill  (Who still uses an HP-45 emulator on his iPhone)
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Need assistance craig.sirna@gmail.com - 2015-07-16 19:15 -0700
  Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 20:40 -0600
    Re: Need assistance craig.sirna@gmail.com - 2015-07-16 20:00 -0700
      RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 20:12 -0700
  RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 19:44 -0700
  Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 21:00 -0600
  Re: Need assistance Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@technologyhighland.invalid> - 2015-07-17 16:40 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 12:54 -0400
    Re: Need assistance Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-17 20:00 +0100
  Re: Need assistance Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 00:40 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2015-07-18 12:35 +0200
      Re: Need assistance Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 00:59 +0000
        Re: Need assistance MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-19 17:35 +0100
          flipping string order Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 18:06 +0000
    Re: Need assistance Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-07-18 14:16 +0200
    RE: Need assistance "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 09:05 -0700
    Re: Need assistance Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-07-18 12:18 -0400
    Re: Need assistance Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-07-18 18:34 +0100
      Re: Need assistance mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-18 19:51 +0100
        Re: Need assistance Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 15:10 -0400
          Re: Need assistance mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-18 20:35 +0100
        Re: Need assistance Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-07-18 17:44 -0400
        Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-18 20:46 -0600
    Re: Need assistance Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-07-18 17:34 -0400
    Re: Need assistance William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2015-07-18 14:28 -0400
    Re: Need assistance MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-07-19 01:14 +0100
  Re: Need assistance craig.sirna@gmail.com - 2015-07-19 16:06 -0700
    Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 17:56 -0600
    Re: Need assistance Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 17:21 -0700
      Re: Need assistance Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 23:16 -0600
      Re: Need assistance Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-07-20 15:25 +1000

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