First, I apologize for interjecting RPN into a Prime forum :-)
I'm porting some of my old 16C programs to the 34S. Most of it is going smoothly but I've hit a couple of speed bumps involving MASKR and RLn. While the 34S has these functions, they have the bit count hardcoded into the instructions while the 16C takes the count from X. This means that on the 34S the counts have to be known at the time the program is written while the 16C defers this until the program is run.
I can simulate the 16C's MASKR with "#002" ; "x<>y" ; "y^x" ; "DEC X" but is there a better way?
The only way I've come up with to simulate RLn is with a loop. Is there a better way?
While I'm at it, was making SDL/SDR work in integer mode ever considered? There are many times when multiplying/dividing by ten is useful.
And I suppose storage register logic is out of the question. Still, it be nice to be able to write something like "STO AND 02" or "RCL XOR 01".