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It separates naming from evaluating. I have to bake 7 pies... 7 and each pie takes 45min 7 45 * => 315 But I can fit 3 pies in the oven at a time 7 45 *
by thomastjeffery 9y ago
It separates naming from evaluating.
I have to bake 7 pies...
7
and each pie takes 45min
7 45 *
=> 315
But I can fit 3 pies in the oven at a time
7 45 * 3 /
=> 105
Using infix notation, I would need to consider order of operations, and put operators before data, increasing the mental stack size.
Using a postfix calculator, I can just throw values onto the stack, and start consolidating them with operations.