By contrast, expressions with parentheses and precedence (infix notation) require that operators be delayed until some later point. As a postfix expression is scanned from left to right, operands are simply placed into a last-in, first-out (LIFO) stack and operators may be immediately applied to the operands at the bottom of the stack. In the years that followed, computer scientists realized that RPN or postfix notation was very efficient for computer math.
HP dubbed the result Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) also in honor of Lukasiewicz. HP adjusted the postfix notation for a calculator keyboard, added a stack to hold the operands and functions to reorder the stack. Prefix notation also came to be known as Polish Notation in honor of Lukasiewicz. For example, the (infix notation) expression (4 + 5) × 6Ĭould be expressed in prefix notation as × 6 + 4 5 or × + 4 5 6Īnd could be expressed in postfix notation as 4 5 + 6 × or 6 4 5 + × For questions about me and the origin of the museum, please see my personal page.In the 1920's, Jan Lukasiewicz developed a formal logic system which allowed mathematical expressions to be specified without parentheses by placing the operators before (prefix notation) or after (postfix notation) the operands.
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