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From: econrad@thor.wright.edu (Eric Conrad)
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Subject: Re: Anyone want to design a language?
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Date: 22 Feb 90 18:40:44 GMT
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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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