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If you're going to change notation there are things with much bigger payoff. I'd start by eliminating implicit multiplication. This does great harm to clarity b
by mrob 10y ago
If you're going to change notation there are things with much bigger payoff. I'd start by eliminating implicit multiplication. This does great harm to clarity by encouraging single character variable names.
- mncharity 10y agoYou might like the Preface to the Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics [1]: "Classical mechanics is deceptively simple. It is surprisingly easy to get the right answer with fallacious reasoning or without real understanding. Traditional mathematical notation contributes to this problem. Symbols have ambiguous meanings that depend on context, and often even change within a given context." [1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/sicm/book-Z-H-5.html https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/content/...