Friction vs. Features

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 18, 2023 at 05:55 PM

I’ve met people who swear by Tex for presenting mathematical functions. I understand it took them quite some time to learn it, but now it’s as frictionless as it could be for them.

Amontillado wrote:
>Paul Korm makes a great point about familiarity begetting ease of use. I
>find it difficult to use algebraic input calculators. If I work your
>navigational calculations on an algebraic calculator your landing on the
>moon may be more of an E-ticket ride than respect for mortality demands.
>RPN, I fly and never make mistakes.
> >Well, of course I make mistakes. But with RPN I make them much more
>efficiently.