[comp.lang.forth] Forth is not Postfix

D_FELDMA@UNHH.BITNET (01/22/90)

>One of the things that is an annoying inconsistency is that
>Forth is not fully postfix.  The words ':', 'IF', 'DO', 'ELSE'
>etc. are prefix.  Has anyone out there done real postfix forth?

PostScript is a fully postfix Forth-like language with constructions
similar to the one's you suggest.  What's unForth-like about PostScript
is that programs cannot address memory directly (as in Forth's @ and !).
Nevertheless, the semantics of the language are almost as straight forward
as with Forth.  One still might ask for the best of both worlds.

                                David Feldman
                                Department of Mathematics
                                Univesity of New Hampshire
                                Durham, N.H. 03824
                                d_feldman@unhh.bitnet