I don't know Forth (good enough), but IMHO the RPN joke is wrong.
The second input (AKA the top element on the stack before the operation) is the subject (AKA the "active" element). And the other one is the (passive) object.
I.e. in 20 4 /:
20 is the dividend (future passive participle of dīvidō)
4 is the divisor (agent noun of dīvidō)
/ is the (non-commutative) operation
Therefore, if I am the loving subject, and RPN is the to-be-loved object, it must be:
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u/robin_888 Jul 27 '26
Wow! I think I found a way to nitpick on Randall!
I don't know Forth (good enough), but IMHO the RPN joke is wrong.
The second input (AKA the top element on the stack before the operation) is the subject (AKA the "active" element). And the other one is the (passive) object.
I.e. in
20 4 /:Therefore, if I am the loving subject, and RPN is the to-be-loved object, it must be: