18 Aug
2004
18 Aug
'04
3:12 p.m.
Infix notation is like M$. It only survives because
people are used
to it. Once you've learnt something better (prefix or postfix
notation), you never go back.
I disagree. Despite having used both prefix and postfix languages and
having become thoroughly acquainted with both paradigms, I still often
enough use infix notation by choice, such as when doing mathematics on
paper, and still use (and even write) calculator programs that use
infix notation - despite the additional code hair parsing it entails.
I'm not sure why; it's an interesting subject for thought. But I
certainly don't "never go back".
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