Cited on HN 3 times, 2022–2024, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Cited for Sussman's argument that programs make ideas precise in a way standard math notation does not.
Gerald Jay Sussman speaks at Dan Friedman's 60th birthday celebration about how programming helps formulate and clarify ideas. He argues that ambiguous mathematical notation hinders understanding.
> But humans dislike, and much prefer infix with its complicated operator precedences Depends on what you're writing; Gerald Jay Sussman claims that edge cases in mathematical notation (and corner-cutting of sorts in what is written) makes physics quite hard to grasp in "The role of programming" [1]; hence the Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics book, which includes many Scheme programs which explicate everything. [1] [this video]
Sussman argues ambiguous math notation makes physics hard; programs clarify
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