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by llm_trw 569 days ago
The average programmer has 12 years of education before they have a chance to see superior notations like prefix and postfix.

Of course you'll think that the two are weird when you've never had a chance to use them before you're an adult.

Much like how adults who are native english speakers see nothing wrong with the spelling, but children and everyone else does.