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Article #6800Re: Anyone want to design a language?
From: Eric Conrad
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 18:40
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990 18:40
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From article <10979@saturn.ADS.COM>, by xanthian@saturn.ADS.COM (Metafont Consultant Account):
> Better, make the language strictly postfix, give it exactly one
^^^^^^^
Why not prefix notation? Prefix notation is more common than postfix
in mathematical literature,
f(x,y,z) rather than (x,y,z)f
I suspect that it is a easier to read for those of us used to reading
from left to right since it emphasizes the operators rather than the
operands.
Of course I haven't used an HP calculator in a long time so I am
probably prejudiced.
-- Eric Conrad
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| Eric Conrad - Wright State University |
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