Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too

Re:Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too by nkrisc on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:42AM (#46134384)

Someone not educated in programming would not know that a given text is Python source code.

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Re:Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too by worthless-trash on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:43AM (#46136636)

Same problem, but unlike math notation, it is MUCH clearer and even my 10 year old newphew can tell python from javascript and C.

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Re:Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too by nkrisc on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @12:28PM (#46137303)

I would wager that a vast majority of people on the planet could not distinguish Python from JavaScript from C.

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Re:Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too by worthless-trash on Friday December 05, 2025 @12:50AM (#46157193)

When it says "this python" program, they dont need to, it says its python. Math notation doesn't have that clarity.

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