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> I think there is a lot of room to improve the visual display of code, but I don't think much of it is as the token level. I absolutely agree - the power of m
by zerebubuth 11y ago
> I think there is a lot of room to improve the visual display of code, but I don't think much of it is as the token level.
I absolutely agree - the power of mathematics isn't so much that people find it easier to read ∊ for set membership testing, or ⊥ for nil/undefined, it's that one can encode new concepts concisely in new notation. For example: div, grad and curl [1]. What's needed isn't more maths symbols in code, it's more flexible syntax markup.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_calculus_identities#Operator_notations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_calculus_identities#Ope...