Math Notation, Programing Language Syntax, and Thought
this, collection of articles about notation and thought, is excellent!
https://github.com/hypotext/notation
the vengeance of my thesis!
here's relevant articles. Actually, most of my 100+ computer lang articles of the past decade, is around this subject matter.
The quality of a programing language, can be judged by how much of it can be explained by its syntax alone.
see:
- Syntax: What Are Good Qualities of Computer Language Syntax (2008)
- Grammar Complexity of conlang and complang (2016)
- Formal Definition of Systematic Grammar (2016)
- Syntax: Sugar Syntax at Compiler Level vs Coder Level (2015)
- Syntax Design: What Does it Mean “Whitespace is Insignificant” (2012)
- Syntax: Brackets vs Begin End Words vs Indentation (2013)
- Why Python Lambda is Broken and Cannot be Fixed (2013)
- Python Syntax Problem: Comment and Backslash
- Comp Lang: LISP Syntax Problem of Chaining Functions
- AutoHotkey Syntax Problems
- The TeX Pestilence: Why TeX LaTeX Sucks
- Concepts and Confusions of Prefix, Infix, Postfix and Lisp Notations (2006)