Re:Ask HN: How did you learn math notation?
by colechristensen on Thursday November 25, 2021 @12:12PM
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It’s not horrible, it’s different, has different goals and different audiences. Context is king, and the bulk of professional programmers criticizing scientist code is just lack of context and a different set of priorities.
From a more science based background i often think programmers write horrible code as i search in vain for where anything actually happens in a sea of abstractions.
1. They explain all abbreviations at the top.
2. There is a lenghty text explaining the formula.
3. It's mathematically pretty easy if you know partial differentation.
Also scientists and engineers write pretty horrible code....