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Assuming you're not being facetious, I happen to think mathematics would be more advanced today if a little attention was paid to standardizing its notation: h
by thunk 17y ago
Assuming you're not being facetious, I happen to think mathematics would be more advanced today if a little attention was paid to standardizing its notation:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733265 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=733265
But don't take that as enthusiasm for committees.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoAlmost no one is enthusiastic about committees. That doesn't make them any less of a necessary evil.
- sandGorgon 17y ago'''I happen to think mathematics would be more advanced today if a little attention was paid to standardizing its notation''' ... as well as the tools available to render those notations. http://www.stixfonts.org/pub_geninfo.html http://www.stixfonts.org/pub_geninfo.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIX_Fonts_project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIX_Fonts_project