Taka
Languages and libraries
programming language
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4comments
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How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
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Forward Polish notation works nicely
From 1 comment
Forward Polish notation makes the language more approachable to traditional programmers
From 1 comment
PN makes it appear more like a traditional programming language on the surface, even if it's still read in a kind of strange way. So it might help spread the joy of stack…
mgunyho on HN
Objections
Multi-line forward Polish notation is confusing because tokens are read right-to-left then top-to-bottom
From 1 comment
Neat! Forward polish notation + multi-line programs is _weird_ though. It means you read tokens _right-to-left_ and then top to bottom. Readme gives good example in [0]: The long…
theamk on HN
List construction order is confusing, producing reversed lists
From 1 comment
Yep, I think in Taka the most confusing case is lists - writing ``` list [ 1 2 3 ] ``` creates the list [3 2 1]. (When indexing, the first item of the list is the one on top of…
mgunyho on HN
Questions
Is there an advantage to using Polish notation over reverse Polish notation?
From 1 comment
Is there an advantage to using PN as opposed to RPN? Those of us used to Forth, PostScript, dc, might find it difficult to switch paradigms.
pmdulaney on HN
Alternatives named
Forth
From 2 comments
Is there an advantage to using PN as opposed to RPN? Those of us used to Forth, PostScript, dc, might find it difficult to switch paradigms.
pmdulaney on HNNeat! Forward polish notation + multi-line programs is _weird_ though. It means you read tokens _right-to-left_ and then top to bottom. Readme gives good example in [0]: The long…
theamk on HN
PostScript
From 1 comment
Is there an advantage to using PN as opposed to RPN? Those of us used to Forth, PostScript, dc, might find it difficult to switch paradigms.
pmdulaney on HN
dc
From 1 comment
Is there an advantage to using PN as opposed to RPN? Those of us used to Forth, PostScript, dc, might find it difficult to switch paradigms.
pmdulaney on HN