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Re:A Terminal Case of Linux by eru on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:52PM (#36120333)
Operator first makes the sentence easier:

'+ 2 3' becomes 'add 2 and 3'

In any case, it's a silly objection.

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Re:A Terminal Case of Linux by pxc on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:59AM (#36121906)
It's an especially silly objection in the case of the command line, where prefix notation is already the norm anyway.

  + 2 3
is naturally how you'd write addition if addition were a standalone Unix command!
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