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diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi index c3e32433fc4..ac6604473a8 100644 --- a/doc/misc/calc.texi +++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi @@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ series of calculators, its many features include: @itemize @bullet @item -Choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry of calculations. +Choice of algebraic or Reverse Polish notation (RPN), +i.e. stack-based, entry of calculations. @item Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers. @@ -421,8 +422,8 @@ difference between lower-case and upper-case letters. Remember, @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{DEL}, and @key{SPC} are the Return, Tab, Delete, and Space keys. -@strong{RPN calculation.} In RPN, you type the input number(s) first, -then the command to operate on the numbers. +@strong{RPN calculation.} In Reverse Polish notation (RPN), you type +the input number(s) first, then the command to operate on the numbers. @noindent Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute @@ -1348,18 +1349,19 @@ to control various modes of the Calculator. @subsection RPN Calculations and the Stack @cindex RPN notation +@cindex Reverse Polish notation @noindent @ifnottex -Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN -system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. -(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician -Jan Lukasiewicz.) +Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar +with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or +PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish +mathematician Jan Lukasiewicz.) @end ifnottex @tex -Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN -system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript. -(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician -Jan \L ukasiewicz.) +Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar +with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or +PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish +mathematician Jan \L ukasiewicz.) @end tex The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A |