[yeellow]

Why don't you try and show us the result? After one page of doing probablity theory you will understand why P(X<Y) is better than probability(X<Y) (or should it be P(random_variable_defined_on_page_7 le random_variable_defined_on_page_23)) ? Do you accept this funny char "<" ? What convention for variable names should I use? Math people prefer to do math than to argue about CamelCase or snake or whatever.

We have this discussion on HN every few months. Math is not notation, if someone can't get and remember what \Sigma means writing it as "sum" won't help. Yes, sometimes people use cryptic symbols or notation, as many people write unreadable code.

[kulikalov]

I'm reading HN regularly and didn't see similar discussions. You are right, I should have searched for it before submitting. There's no need to be toxic though, I was genuinely curious.

[yeellow]

Sorry, I did not mean to be toxic. But I really believe that anyone complaining about math notation should try to propose something and show us a page or two to judge. I would also appreciate some examples showing possible improvements in notation. I don't understand what's wrong with Sigma, I find this notation beautiful, as well as integration sign. Math is still taught at the blackboard and the notation works fine there. See for example https://www.youtube.com/c/FredericSchuller - he is very careful to explain all notation he uses and he is writting down more text than the usual professor. In my opinion it shows that math notation is fine and the problem is that ideas behind are complex and hard to grasp.