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I love RPN for calculating - I still regularly use a HP11C (Swiss Micros replica). But I hate coding or reading prefix (list) or postfix (rpn, forth, etc) lang
by drpixie 3y ago
I love RPN for calculating - I still regularly use a HP11C (Swiss Micros replica).
But I hate coding or reading prefix (list) or postfix (rpn, forth, etc) languages. Once wrote a substantial project is Postscript - works fine but note easy on the brain.
Guess it comes from just too much familiarity with infix notation!
- packetlost 3y agoI personally find prefix and RP notations to be pretty easy to read, but writing is harder for me. I've introduced bugs into FORTH programs because I did a + b instead of a b + out of habit. I think both notations have their place and not everyone will be able to make the switch
- nine_k 3y agoThere are Lisp macros that allow writing infix arithmetics. Even fe is said to support macros.