On 2021-10-12 23:57, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 09:22:09AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
Mathematicians and programmers both extend
operators to new meanings, but only where it makes sense.
In fairness, mathematicians typically just invent new symbols, when
they're not repurposing existing symbols for totally unrelated ideas :-(
I count over 400 maths symbols in Unicode, including over 100 variations
on < and > and over 30 variations of the plus sign.
So we want to be *really* cautious about following the lead of
mathematicians.
If you want compact code, try APL.
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