[COFF] The most surprising Unix programs

[Grant Taylor]

On 3/20/20 1:43 PM, Grant Taylor via COFF wrote:
> What I think I'm hearing you say is that with RPN you were shouldering 
> part of the computational load based on how you were entering things so 
> that they aligned as necessary with the stack.  Conversely, you were 
> simply "plug and chug" (as I've heard elsewhere).  Meaning you entered 
> the equation / formula and were largely hands off from the calculation.

I can see how this could be translated to RPN could cause someone to 
feel like they have a better understanding of what's being calculated. 
Conversely, infix notation leaving someone feeling separated from the 
calculation and having much less of an understanding of what's being 
calculated.

This separation making it more likely that people will have problems 
estimating and having any idea if what they're doing makes any sense or not.



-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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