3277: Forth
| Forth |
 Title text: I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️ |
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Forth is a stack-oriented programming language. Like most stack-oriented programming languages, Forth's syntax incorporates Reverse Polish notation. So, for example, to add the numbers eight and five, Forth would use the expression "8 5 +" instead of the expression "8 + 5". The English language generally uses "Subject-Verb-Object" (SVO) word order, as in "Sam ate apples". Forth uses "Subject-Object-Verb" (SOV) order, as in "Sam apples ate." [[1]]
The red heart symbol (❤️) is often found on bumper stickers and used to mean "love". So, for example, the slogan "I Love New York" was expressed on bumper stickers in the abbreviated form "I❤️NY".
Hence, the bumper sticker "I FORTH ❤️" is to be interpreted, in Forth syntax, as "I love Forth" (and, likewise, the title text "I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️" as "I love Reverse Polish notation").
Similarly, 1033: Formal Logic features a bumper sticker on a car. Reverse Polish notation is also the subject of 645: RPS.
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- [The right rear portion of a car is shown. On the bumper is a sticker that says:]
- I FORTH ❤️
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