Re: I am re energized to learn forth and see how simple computers can be!

Date	2012-07-11 21:27 +0200
From	Fanzo <cristianof6@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: I am re energized to learn forth and see how simple computers can be!
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Mark Wills wrote:
> On Jul 11, 12:14 pm, Doug Hoffman <glide...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/11/12 5:08 AM, Mark Wills wrote:
>>
>>> Gavino,
>>> Have a read of:http://turboforth.net/about_forth.html
>> It is a small thing, but I have always found RPN math easier to use by
>> visualizing the stack as growing *up*.  So the last item on the stack is
>> on the bottom.  Why?  Because it works better for all four basic math
>> operations including / and -
>>
>> 10
>>   5
>> /
>> . 2 ok
>>
>> 10
>>   5
>> -
>> . 5 ok
>>
>> The above two examples are closer to the natural way of doing math, at
>> least in my mind.  For the + and * operators it makes no difference,
>> obviously.
>>
>> -Doug
> 
> Interesting how people see things differently. Visually, the stack
> grows upwards in my mind (a stack of plates in a restaurant - I think
> I used that analogy in the page referenced above).
> 
> Mark

The stack in my forth is gravity independent and grows horizontal.
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