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Quotes from Math for the Layman — Kenneth E. Iverson

1920–2004 Canada

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The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical] notation.

Math for the Layman (1999)

With the computer and programming languages, mathematics has newly-acquired tools, and its notation should be reviewed in the light of them. The computer may, in effect, be used as a patient, precise, and knowledgeable "native speaker" of mathematical notation.

Math for the Layman (1999)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kenneth E. Iverson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.