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Old 07-27-2010, 10:19 AM   #117
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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
The idea of RPN is that you don't need parenthesis however LISP is famous for requiring thousands of the damn things - what gives?
LISP stands for Lots of Insignificant Silly Parenthesis

Actually LISP stands for List Processor. Everything in LISP is a list. Even your program. And lists are enclosed in parenthesis.
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