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Slide Rules, Calculators and Reverse Polish: How HP and TI foiled my Math Exam

When I tried to use my friend, Marion’s, calculator I quickly realized I had made an assumption that all calculators worked the same. Alas, I fell victim to a common assumption with computing machines–that they all work the same. At home my Mom had an HP calculator; Marion, my classmate, possessed a TI calculator. While…

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