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Unfortunately, mathematical notation has tons of historical cruft like this. And there will be people who will fight tooth and nail to preserve all those artifi
by gambler 15y ago
Unfortunately, mathematical notation has tons of historical cruft like this. And there will be people who will fight tooth and nail to preserve all those artificial complexities.
Personally, I always believed that improving the notation would have huge benefits in the future.
- jerfelix 15y agoBut then you have a different problem. See http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/ (it's the one about standards.)