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somatyesterday at 9:39 PM0 repliesview on HN

Fair enough, But I am of the opinion that blocks of code and magic numbers should almost always be named, There is a lot of intent that is lost when the name is skipped.

It is also my main complaint about traditional math notation, They enjoy trying to make the notation as concise as possible, single letter symbols, embedded subparts, no names for anything. I understand that having super a tight concise notation is a massive benefit while in the flow state, thinking about the problem. But man it makes it rough for us casual math enjoyers coming in fresh to the topic.