I thought my symbols were just as good, if not better, than the regular symbols -- it doesn't make any difference what symbols you use -- but I discovered

I thought my symbols were just as good, if not better, than the regular symbols -- it doesn't make any difference what symbols you use -- but I discovered later that it does make a difference. Once when I was explaining something to another kid in high school, without thinking I started to make these symbols, and he said, "What the hell are those?" I realized then that if I'm going to talk to anybody else, I'll have to use the standard symbols, so I eventually gave up my own symbols. -- Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman (http://www.gorgorat.com/ http://www.gorgorat.com/) That said, I'm inclined to say that at some point it makes sense to break backwards compatibility in favour of a better system.