I've reached the point where I constantly screw up with conventional calculators I'm so used to RPN.
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My first professional job was writing FORTH for fruit machines. I'd played with it a bit before on the Jupiter Ace we had which sadly never really took off despite being more elegant than the ZX81.
RPN breaks my brain, I need to refresh myself.
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3
3 5
3 5 8
3 5 8 +
3 13
3 13 2
3 13 2 *
3 26
3 26 17
3 26 17 36
3 26 17 36 9
3 26 17 36 9 /
3 26 17 4
3 26 17 4 -
3 26 13
3 26 13 +
3 39
3 39 +
42
Or
3 + (((5 + 8) * 2) + (17 - (36 / 9)))
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