Re: Conlang Proglangs

Keith scripsit:

> Oh I see, and there was I thinking that RPN must have been invented by a
> Reverse Pole -- something like a Lefthanded Lithuanian presumably :-)
Nope.  The Pole in question is named Jan L/ukasiewicz.

> BTW although computer languages are modern, there have surely been other
> formulaic systems used for special purposes, e.g. law, poetry, music,
> heraldry etc.
Yup, emblazonment is definitely the mediaeval Postscript.

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