Re: Results of Poll by Email No. 27

Robert B Wilson wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:32:20 -0400 John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> writes:
[...]
> > Yes, but it still pushes the left-hand argument on the stack first;
> > on an RPN calculator you calculate 2 - 3 by saying "2 <enter> 3 -".
>
> hmm... that's odd... quite illogical, IMO...
Why?  More logical to me than "3 <enter> 2 -".  Of course, note than in
Direct Polish Notation 2-3 becomes -2 3, so the operand is always before the
operator, and DPN, RPN or infixed just change the place of the operation:
VSO, SOV, SVO.

Well, Chleweyish has free order in the arguments, so 2,3- or 3,2- might mean
the same (3-2 if they are natural numbers)... or not.  But I have found that
it has a OSV tendency...

-- Carlos Th