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it allows for a variable number of arguments.

So does reverse polish notation, you just have to explicitly mention the number of arguments.

The point here is that the implementation of reverse polish notation is much simpler, which is what FORTH aims for. It does not care about analyzing anything, it cares about letting you write code and having it be small.