[TUHS] RPN (was The most surprising Unix programs)

Rob Pike robpike at gmail.com
Sat Mar 21 10:40:44 AEST 2020


Oh, flog away.

RPN works for me because the thing on the screen is usually the value
so far. I get to think about what to do with what I've got in my hand.
Equation-driven expression doesn't flow like that. As a calculator, as
opposed to an equation evaluator, it's RPN for me.

-rob


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