a style question

[Peter da Silva]

In article <Oct.3.22.06.40.1990.21194 at math.rutgers.edu> bumby at math.rutgers.edu (Richard Bumby) writes:
> In article <A066MF5 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> > Readability, to some extent. People are used to this notation from
> > mathematics, ...

> Two comments: (1) Isn't it about time that we all got together and
> insisted that the mathematical convention is WRONG.

Given the some-hundred-years head start mathematics has on CS, I'm not sure
this is a valid point. In fact, Mathematics started off using names and
phrases for what we would call variables. The term rebus comes from the
latin "rebus"... "the thing"... that being the typical start to what we
would now call "word problems". "The thing" does this, "the thing" does
that.
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