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Re:Language is primarily a tool for communication rather tha... by Solololo on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:38PM (#40763597)
Might sound weird but does the look of the operator matter? Say × vs x vs • vs *, I would assume it doesn't but I'm curious if there's a visual change, for lack of a better term.
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Re:Language is primarily a tool for communication rather tha... by Jensson on Saturday June 22, 2024 @09:14PM (#40763774)
No, I translate that to the same concept in my head and then I do it.

Edit: Thinking more about it, in my head the numbers are numbers, but the operators are invisible, not sure what to call it but I don't think of the multiplication operator as anything tangible, I just know it is a multiplication of the two numbers.

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