I've always wondered why the hell generating functions existed, and I think this line sums it up: > When de Moivre invented much of modern probability in the m

I've always wondered why the hell generating functions existed, and I think this line sums it up: > When de Moivre invented much of modern probability in the mid-1700s, he didn’t have vectors! Vectors are an 1800s invention. Doesn't explain why we still teach them 300 years later though. Thats what the second half of the article covers.