RE: [HM] Polish Logic

Daniel Curtin (curtin@NKU.EDU)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:15:45 -0500

In a sense yes. Some Polish logicians introduced prefix notation, e.g. Cpq
for "p implies q", in part to reduce the no. of parentheses. The
calculators use postfix, as you note, often called "reverse Polish
notation."

Cheers

Dan Curtin

>I suppose the term "Polish logic" as referring to postfix notation on old
>calculators doesn't apply here. :-)
>