Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: life's one-way conversions Message-ID: <7123@ficc.uu.net> Date: 27 Nov 89 23:11:29 GMT References: <1989Nov15.171212.642@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> <109.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> <2591@helios.mmsac.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16 [ Algebraic to RPN is a one-way conversion ] Not for me. I have an HP calculator, but I'm ruined for RPN. After all that Forth programming a 4-element stack just doesn't do it. And eventually Forth doesn't do it either. Algebraic -> RPN -> Forth -> Infix. And we're back where we started from. It's called maturity. And when you get old and grey and your retirement is getting close, maybe that contraflow starts looking better and better. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame." -- Chuq Von Rospach, chuq@Apple.COM Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com