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nkrisc
19 days ago
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Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understa...
Someone not educated in programming would not know that a given text is Python source code.
worthless-trash
19 days ago
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Same problem, but unlike math notation, it is MUCH clearer and even my 10 year old newphew can tell python from javascript and C.
nkrisc
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I would wager that a vast majority of people on the planet could not distinguish Python from JavaScript from C.
worthless-trash
17 days ago
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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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