• 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    ASCII hack failure of language. Even in mathematics, ! has multiple meanings like with Boolean NOT. We need a science, math, and language reformation to remove non intuitive narcissistic names, and implied contextual meanings.

    • MBM@lemmings.world
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      7 hours ago

      I’ve never seen ! used for boolean NOT in maths, just ¬. I think ! is something programming languages went for because it’s easier to type. That said, screw (a, b). Is that a (coordinate) pair, an interval, an inner product, some secret fourth thing? Who knows!

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      20 hours ago

      You might find Lojban interesting if you are not already aware. (I haven’t tried to learn it myself, I just know it exists)