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From: genepool@netcom.com (Jim Michael)
Subject: Re: Bracket overuse
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Carlos A. Felippa (carlos@mars.Colorado.EDU) wrote:

: The analogy between conventional mathematical notation and programming
: languages should not be pursued too far.  Mathematical writing, like

:  . The meaning of = is not that of equality

Indeed. Reminds me of a fellow grad student who was looking at some
code I wrote and stated emphatically, "This cannot be right. X cannot
equal X+1!" He was, of course referring to a line:

X=X+1

Cheers,

Jim
