Re: RPN maps to basic mathematic expressions nicely

In comp.lang.forth Stephen Pelc <stephenXXX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:13:43 -0800 (PST), billy
> <wtanksleyjr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>Both computational theory and actual practice indicate that in
>>general, it's very easy to write code that can't be easily read later,
>>in ANY language.

> From the VFX Forth "tip of the day" file (contributions welcome):

> There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any
> programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write
> bad code. (Flon's Law)

> The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size
> of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full
> humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the
> plague. (Edsger Dijkstra)

> We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it
> lacks in style. (Tom Stoppard)

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."

--Brian Kernighan 

Andrew.