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POLY.RED                                       MLG July 82
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POLY is a simple (pedagogic) Rational Function Evaluator.

After loading POLY.RED, run function ALGG(); or RAT();
These accept a sequence of expressions:

	 <exp> ; | QUIT; (Semicolon terminator)
	 <exp> ::= <term> [+ <exp>  | - <exp>]
	 <term> ::= <primary> [* <term> | / <term>]
	 <primary> ::= <primary0> [^ <primary0> | ' <primary0> ]
		 ^ is exponentiation, ' is derivative
	 <primary0> ::= <number> | <variable> | ( <exp> )

It includes a simple parser (RPARSE), 2 evaluators (RSIMP x)
and (PRESIMP), and 2 prettyprinters, (RATPRINT) and (PREPRINT)

 PREFIX Format:	<number> | <id> | (op arg1 arg2)
		+ -> PLUS2
		- -> DIFFERENCE (or MINUS)
		* -> TIMES2
		/ -> QUOTIENT
		^ -> EXPT
		' -> DIFF

 Canonical Formats: Polynomial: integer | (term . polynomial)
                    term      : (power . polynomial)
                    power     : (variable . integer)
                    Rational  : (polynomial .  polynomial)



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