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0 pointspractal1y ago0 comments

> I have more important things to think about in my code than when I switch between two dialects of the language.

Granted. The example I gave was just to demonstrate that switching between the styles is not a problem and can be fluid, if you need it to be.

> It's only fluid because you've had XX years of infix notation caused brain damage to make you think that.

No, infix is just easier to read and understand, it matches up better with the hardware in our brains for language. If that is different for you, well ... you mentioned brain damage first.

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llm_trw1y ago

The average programmer has 12 years of education before they have a chance to see superior notations like prefix and postfix.

Of course you'll think that the two are weird when you've never had a chance to use them before you're an adult.

Much like how adults who are native english speakers see nothing wrong with the spelling, but children and everyone else does.

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