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If the general hacker news sentiment is anything to go by, then it’s just hard because of the archaic mathematical notation. If we could just use better notatio
by laichzeit0 6y ago
If the general hacker news sentiment is anything to go by, then it’s just hard because of the archaic mathematical notation. If we could just use better notation then a simple mathematical bootcamp would make mathematics accessible to all the brilliant self-taught programmers as well /sarcasm.
- pas 6y agoJust the lack of syntax and type checking is a serious burden on folks who don't have those committed to muscle memory. That said, that's the easiest part of mathematics.
- pa7x1 6y agoIf only those pesky physicist and mathematicians would name their variables correctly everything would become self-evident.
- jjk166 6y agoNewton, why do you want to name this the 6th dimensional electron-graviton interference coefficient? Just call it G for gravity!