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- From: gcf@spd.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk (Graham Freeland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Subject: Psion 3 and the Possibility of Interative Numerical Programs
- Message-ID: <C0Eq81.ICs@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 00:48:01 GMT
- Sender: gcf@spd.eee.strathclyde.ac.uk
- Organization: Signal Processing Division, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
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- Originator: gcf@newton
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- I'm considering a Psion 3, mainly for the possibility of sketching research
- notes and programs in situations where I either can't be or would rather
- not be in front of a terminal or pencil and paper (sort of `make work fun'
- idea).
-
- My greatest interest would be in trying to run matlab style programs
- (i.e. text file of numerical operations) in a matlab style (i.e.
- interpretatively), so...
-
- 1. How exactly does the `scientific calculator' work? Is in programmable
- in the sense of being able to operate on a text file of commands, or does
- it require single line inputs? If the former, does it support control
- loops? Could it be easily programmed through OPL to perform control
- loops and read commands from a text file?
-
- 2. Can the calculator operate on arrays or vectors of data? Can variables
- be defined within it?
-
- 3. Would I have to write a matlab interpreter from first principles instead!!
-
- 4. Should I forget the whole thing and take a sparc on the bus!!!
-
- Cheers,
-
- Graham
-