Re: RPN maps to basic mathematic expressions nicely

In comp.lang.forth cr88192 <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> so, the downfall of forth is not that it is 'unnatural', but rather that
no 
> one can really read and follow the code...
> one has to 'study', even their own code in a language they may know
well, 
> just to figure out what the hell they were doing.

> this is not so much a problem with a more C-style syntax...

Speak for yourself.  I have a lot of experience in both Forth and C,
and I simply don't believe it.  The biggest difference between the
languages is not infix versus postscript, but that one language has
user-extensible syntax and the other doesn't.  Of course someone who
is unskilful will create an awful mess.

C, like all the FORTRAN and ALGOL languages, is not infix but a
mixture of infix and prefix; it also has a couple of postfix
operators, just to keep things interesting.

Andrew.