> most computer scientists / mathematicians, Dijkstra was overly fond of obscure, single-letter names, which nobody ever intuitively understand If you use a wo

> most computer scientists / mathematicians, Dijkstra was overly fond of obscure, single-letter names, which nobody ever intuitively understand If you use a word too common, it's too easy to confuse the definition of that word with the definition of its use in a different context. You must not understand the pain of reading two mathematical books and trying, with the utmost sincerity, to figure out whether the authors are actually using the words the same (such as set, relation, abstraction, object, even things like function). There's the distinct definition, and there is the contextual use, which can theoretically differ for everyone depending on the origin path of native language. You can never know if someone is altering the definition or discovering / describing something new, and they are using the wrong word. Discovering the perfect word for the concept you construct in code or math is an art.