I'm reading about LISP.
I understand how prefix notation works at a certain level, but I was wondering if there are any tricks to making it intuitive.
Lisp Scheme – Understanding Prefix Notation
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I'm reading about LISP.
I understand how prefix notation works at a certain level, but I was wondering if there are any tricks to making it intuitive.
Best Answer
Mentally reading it left to right as spoken language with the proper verbs can help. For example (+ 3 2) could be "add three and two". In the more general case, you can say "perform $operation on $operands". Applied to the same case: "Perform the add operation on three and two".