> Mathematical notation is basically a programming language. A very bad one that can only be executed by brains with the requisite existing historical knowledg

> Mathematical notation is basically a programming language. A very bad one that can only be executed by brains with the requisite existing historical knowledge; in fact it's more like bad pseudo-code that lacks the explicitness necessary to translate into actual instructions. It's basically condensed jargon intended for the already converted. It'd probably be vastly easier to teach math with an actual programming language than with traditional notation. Scheme would be ideal for this.