Jaap Spies wrote: > Jason Grout wrote: >> Robert Bradshaw wrote: > >>> Internal consistency is good, but consistency with the vast body of >>> mathematical literature out there is pretty valuable as well. >> Yes, that is one reason why I am for having all multiplications denoted >> by "*". Most students are familiar with this and expect this from their >> spreadsheets, calculators, etc. >> > > You missed the point here I suppose. > > Sin[x] will never show up in mathematical literature. The preferred > notation is sin(x).
Yep. My point was that I agree, evidenced by my preference for "*" for multiplication, since it is consistent with the vast body of computational systems out there (i.e., previous/future exposure for the student). And to bring the discussion back to being remotely on-topic :). Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
