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by moi2388 191 days ago
I think notation and motivation matters greatly, in the context of learning.

Awesome that for mathematicians notation does not matter, an every solved problem is trivial..

But for a student this is not the case yet.

Take the simple pi vs tau debate. Of course it doesn’t matter which you use once you understand them.

But if you don’t understand it yet, and learn about it for the first time, tau makes everything a lot more intuitive.