I think mathematical notation evolved under strong selection pressures for compression. "let X be an algebraic stack..." and "let X be a spin-c manifold..." have a lot going on, and you need concise enough notation to use these things compositionally
me, writing math notation: wow, what a concise and elegant way to describe this idea! me, reading math notation: wtf
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"explicit is better than implicit" is less popular in math circles than in CS circles
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Same, but just remove "math notation"
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My notation is cryptography with special characters
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Perl has entered the chat.
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Write only language
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Every time I read my code and then read someone else
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Damn straight.
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