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Postfix notation.

From	Jeff-Relf.Me @.
Message-ID	<Jeff-Relf.Me@Oct.6--9.46am.Seattle.2021> (permalink)
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Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Postfix notation.
Organization	blocknews - www.blocknews.net
Date	2021-10-06 09:46 -0700

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You (DFS) replied ( to me ):
> > FORTH is close to the metal & has stood the test of time.
> > PostScript, a FORTH variant.
> 
> No.  "Although the Design System language and its successors bear a 
> superficial resemblance to the FORTH programming language, their 
> conception and development were entirely independent of FORTH."
> https://archive.org/details/postscriptlangua00adob/page/n7/mode/2up

Fine, postfix notation is closer to how computers actually work,
behind the scenes.

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FORTH is close to the metal & has stood the test of time. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-10-05 11:02 -0700
  Re: FORTH is close to the metal & has stood the test of time. Steve Carroll <"Steve Carroll"@noSPAM.none> - 2021-10-05 18:23 +0000
  Re: FORTH is close to the metal & has stood the test of time. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-10-06 09:32 -0400
    Postfix notation. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-10-06 09:46 -0700
      Re: Postfix notation. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2021-10-06 12:02 -0500
        Re: Postfix notation. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-10-06 14:44 -0400
      Re: Postfix notation. Steven  1246 <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2021-10-06 10:19 -0700
      Re: Postfix notation. Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-10-06 12:57 -0500
        BigTech, BigMedia & BigGovernment did it first. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-10-06 12:40 -0700
          Re: BigTech, BigMedia & BigGovernment did it first. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2021-10-06 15:27 -0500
          Re: BigTech, BigMedia & BigGovernment did it first. Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-10-06 20:26 -0500
            Clutterfreak's "mind". Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-10-06 18:55 -0700
              Re: Clutterfreak's "mind". Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-10-06 21:08 -0500

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