What's your favorite year end method?

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Wed Dec 26 08:05:34 EST 2007


Mike or Penny Novack wrote:

> There are just two "natural" placements, before (like LISP) or after 
> (like FORTH). The usual "infix" notation for arithmetic expression means 
> dependence on just how many operands the operation expects. That is 
> useless for GENERAL operations. If you think the "prefix" position is 
> unfamiliar, trust me, the "after position" (reverse Polish) notation 
> would be even more so.

This would depend on what you're used to.  Since I've been using rpn for 
a good 30 years, it comes natural to me.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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