chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.social
Oct 10, 2026, 2:56 AM@mcc reverse polish notation, yeah?
Replies
Oct 10, 2026, 3:00 AM@chrisamaphone The closest analogue is forth but yeah
The people designing WAST wound up writing things in RPN because that was what was most convenient for their register allocation algorithm. But they decided they didn't like RPN. So they allow you to embed snippets of "RPN, but backward" into your code. Additionally, within the RPN there are some operations that are treated as one RPN symbol, but contain a space. It turns out real weird. So I am like "why not just make it actually RPN"
- chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:01 AM
@mcc uhh relatedly (mild spoiler), have you played message from deep space?
- Oct 10, 2026, 3:02 AM
@chrisamaphone I haven't?
- chris martenschrisamaphone@hci.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:03 AM
@mcc i think. you would like it
- Oct 10, 2026, 3:04 AM
@chrisamaphone … it does kinda sound like candy for me