Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!news.uzoreto.com!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer01.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer01.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx47.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: Text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Jeff-Relf.Me @. Message-ID: References: <8Ah7J.73142$ol1.3849@fx42.iad> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics Subject: Postfix notation. User-Agent: Jeff-Relf.Me/z1.HTM Lines: 11 X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:46:56 UTC Organization: blocknews - www.blocknews.net Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:46:53 -0700 (Seattle) X-Received-Bytes: 1388 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:595438 sci.physics:833843 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.