• fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I have fond memories of RPL on the HP48 calculators where you would give arguments as a stack, then call the function. Something like (a+b)*c could be written C A B + * Such fun!

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          1 year ago

          That’s the one. The Wikipedia article has some extensive examples, too.

          Its weird syntax prepared us well to face the horror of assembly language later on, so I have a certain fondness for it. That and I had absolutely no point of comparison at the time, haha!

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      It makes sense if you just think of everything as a function.