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by mcguire 4405 days ago
I just realized that makes Lisp "Polish Notation".

I'm sure that opens up some really horrible jokes.
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bunderbunder 4405 days ago
Not quite. If you drop Lisp's variable-arity operators, that enables you to drop the parenthesis. If you drop the parenthesis, that gives you Polish notation.

For example:

  Lisp:  (* (+ 1 2 3) (- 4 5) )

  Polish: * + + 1 2 3 - 4 5
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AnimalMuppet 4405 days ago
To me, it opened up a really horrible thought: Polish plus Hungarian.

Lisp with Hungarian names (shudder).

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