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In article <111706@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> gateley@m2.csc.ti.com (John Gateley) writes:
>So, why is postfix better than prefix? 

Well, for one it is much easier to parse. I would estimate it is about as 
much easier to parse compared to prefix as prefix is to infix.

Two, it is much more flexible.  For example, in FORTH there is a word 
(aka procedure, function, ...) called : (pronounced COLON :-) that
reads the next string from the input and starts compiling
a new function with its name being that string.  Much like defun in
LISP, except that the syntax is not fixed. With prefix, you must make
a distinction between functions that evaluate their arguments and
functions that do not (defun, cons, etc).  In postfix, the evaluated
arguments come first and the non-evaluated arguments come afterwards.

Of course, I've been working on my own language that is postfix and
completely syntax-free; this may make me see some of this stuff in
a prejudiced way. Maybe it is possible to make prefix as flexible as
postfix, but I don't know how off hand. 

		 -- Darren