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It's exactly how you would do the calculation if you ran it by hand, unlike the regular algebraic notation. I am flabbergasted that anyone uses the latter, esp
by gumby 3y ago
It's exactly how you would do the calculation if you ran it by hand, unlike the regular algebraic notation. I am flabbergasted that anyone uses the latter, especially as for most of the history of mathematics calculation was done by hand!
- svachalek 3y agoI don't "run" x 2 ^ by hand and I don't think anyone does. Some people find different notations more intuitive and that's fine but whether it's prefix postfix or infix, it's still an abstraction.
- gumby 3y ago> I don't "run" x 2 ^ by hand and I don't think anyone does Of course everyone evaluates expressions symbolically: in code review, when debugging, even when looking over an expression just after typing it to make sure it’s right.
- SR2Z 3y agoMany languages have different verb order - English is notionally SVO (subject-verb-object), while Hindi is SOV. That is probably much more related to why we use prefix/infix/postfix notation: because it maps to our native languages better.
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