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We don't do math in human language for the same reason we don't write computer programs in human language: it's ambiguous and hard to define abstract objects us
by kbart 10y ago
We don't do math in human language for the same reason we don't write computer programs in human language: it's ambiguous and hard to define abstract objects using it. Only abstraction enables us to operate higher level, non-trivial problems.
- ashark 10y agoI just wish Math followed programming best-practices on commenting, variable naming, and including tests and their expected output. Bonus for IDE-like tools that can instantly tell me the type of a symbol or show me the expanded version of an operation.