Re:Ask HN: Why is math so obsessed with ancient syntax and f...
by keefe on Wednesday December 05, 2012 @07:25AM
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well, there's mathematica/octave/matlab
using single letter variables is for convenience and done in another script to avoid confusion with the text and sometimes varies to encode information (real value vs vector vs matrix).
There's plenty of work to be done making math better but I don't think you'll get away from these conventions any time soon.
using single letter variables is for convenience and done in another script to avoid confusion with the text and sometimes varies to encode information (real value vs vector vs matrix).
There's plenty of work to be done making math better but I don't think you'll get away from these conventions any time soon.