Re: Mathematical Notation (Was Re: Tiny lexicon languages)

Paul Bennett wrote:

> I may be way off the point here, but there's a very effective
> mathematical notation already in existence that relies on a simple
> sequence of tokens to be parsed, that'd fit rather well into a SOV
> language.
>
> It's been around for many many years, it's reasonably well known
> in computing circles, it's impossible to be ambiguous and it has no
> need of brackets.  It's called Reverse Polish Notation.
The last time we discussed RPN, I think the sticking point
was how to handle adverbs that dangle before/after the verb,
like "not" in Japanese. Also, what to make of multiple
adjectives and such. The basic "subject object(s) verb" pattern
works well enough, but I got lost in modifier complications.