Re:Kill Math
by frtizo on Saturday February 25, 2012 @02:22PM
(#3633619)
Short variable names are useful when structure is more important than concrete interpretation. For example, consider the above definition of e (aka EulersConstant):
e = lim x->inf (1 - 1/x)^x
= limit(
compoundingSegmentsPerYear,
INFINITY,
pow(1 - 1 / compoundingSegmentsPerYear,
compoundingSegmentsPerYear))
We could obfuscate further by XML replacement parentheses:
<sum>
<term>1</term>
<term>
<quotient>...</quotient>
</term>
</sum>
But the structure is more important, right?
We could obfuscate further by XML replacement parentheses: <sum> <term>1</term> <term> <quotient>...</quotient> </term> </sum> But the structure is more important, right?