Polish notation

Polish notation definition - computer

A method for expressing a sequence of calculations developed by the Polish logician Jan Lukasiewicz in 1929. For example, A(B+C) would be expressed as
* A + B C. In reverse Polish notation, it would be A B C + *.



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