From: akk@privat.de   
      
   PAolo schrieb:   
   > I am writing a piece of software that accept in input the definition   
   > of a mathematical function and a list of points in which evaluate the   
   > function and puts the result in output. The main feature of the progam   
   > is that once the function definition is read, the program evaluates   
   > the function very fast [Well this isn't done already...]. I was   
   > thinking to build a pair of stacks, one containig the operands   
   > (floats) and the other containig the operators (function pointers).   
      
   Don't reinvent Forth. Have also look at Noble's Formula Translator:   
   http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/551.jvn.fall01/programs.htm   
      
   Try it with modern fast Forths like SwiftForth, VFX or the free   
   Win32Forth. Their code efficiency is in the range of Assembler!   
      
   Andreas   
      
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