[Coco] Cocopedia updated again

Wayne Campbell asa.rand at gmail.com
Wed Jul 31 18:42:08 EDT 2013


I was able to spend about an hour on it today.

Wayne

http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/The_Structure_of_I-Code
On Jul 30, 2013 7:50 PM, "Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:

> Re read what I wrote Richard. I wrote RPN, for Reverse Polish Notation.
> First popularly used in HP's calculators in the 60's as it simplified the
> calculators design and reduced its memory usage considerably over that of a
> calculator that has to keep track of stuff by the normal algebraic rules,
> making sure it follows the normal operator precedence. Simplified to the
> bone, you place the values of two items on the stack, then issue the +=, -
> =, /=, or *= command to get the answer. Cheers, Gene
> Ooohh Crap! I should have know that <sigh> I believe it is used in C++
> too. I did mis-read Bill's message though. I was about ready to REALLY
> display my ignorance by asking what RPN stood for 8-/. Oh... I guess I just
> did 8-))
>
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