Re:UnicodeMath – A Nearly Plain-Text Encoding of Mathematics...
by lifthrasiir on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:18AM
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One of the best (or worst, depending on your preference) aspect of Fortress syntax was that it allows juxtaposition as a multiplication operator. Therefore `(n+1)/(n+2)(n+3)` is, as expected, same as `(n+1)/((n+2)*(n+3))`. The exact "reassociation" procedure for juxtapositions is type-dependent, so that `sin(x)(x)` is `sin(x)` multiplied by `(x)` even though both `sin` and the first `(x)` is followed by other expressions.
So, for example, xˆy could be written as x superscript y. SUM[i<-1:n, j<-1:p, prime j] a[i] xˆj was more elegant as a big sigma with the ranges at the bottom, etc.
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/samth/fortress-spec.pdf