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Code has the advantage that functions and operators are googleable, while mathematical notation is not. I think the search problem is a fairly serious issue for
by Tarq0n 10y ago
Code has the advantage that functions and operators are googleable, while mathematical notation is not. I think the search problem is a fairly serious issue for maths actually.
- abecedarius 10y agoAnd the even greater plus of being runnable. If it's confusing/ambiguous to you, you're not stuck.
- reader5000 10y agoTrue, but it's not maths' fault Google and OSs dont support copy/paste for notation. Also, if you have to google e.g. the expectation operator you probably shouldnt be reading research papers in theoretical machine learning.