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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reverse Polish notation, right? Operand operand operator?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 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!