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Have you tried coding in postfix aka Forth, yet?

bOR_OP

Learning one language at a time =). Haven't tried postfix / Forth yet.. so I don't know how that would feel.

Factor (http://factorcode.org/) is another postfix / stack-based language that may be worth a look.

bOR_OP

Heard of it. But I was looking not for different languages to learn, but some kind of analysis on what the effect is on the way programmers think because of using an infix / prefix or postfix language.

For example: I remember I heard somewhere that japanese kids are better in mental arithmetic based on the way the japanese counting system works (no clue if that's true, heard it ages ago). So it is the analysis of the effects I am after.

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