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1. jjgree+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-06 13:13:39
In Maple sin(x) is "sin(x)", in Mathematica it's "Sin[x]", ewww
replies(2): >>aleph_+Y2 >>pmkary+9d
2. aleph_+Y2[view] [source] 2025-12-06 13:38:00
>>jjgree+(OP)
In my opinion, Wolfram/Mathematica is more consistent internally, while Maple is more consistent with the usual mathematical notation.
replies(1): >>DonHop+N9
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3. DonHop+N9[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 14:41:02
>>aleph_+Y2
> while Maple is more consistent with the usual mathematical notation

I can't tell if you're saying that as if it's a good thing, or a bad thing.

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4. pmkary+9d[view] [source] 2025-12-06 15:12:02
>>jjgree+(OP)
I actually loved this idea so much that every language I make, I try to do the same. The point of it is that typing ( requires shift, while [ does not. And you have no idea when you have tunnel syndrome, how much it hurts each time you write a (. While it’s ugly, the hand thanks you for it.
replies(2): >>SSLy+ge >>zwaps+KI
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5. aleph_+Wd[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 15:17:55
>>DonHop+N9
It's not about good nor bad, but about the different trade-offs that these two CASs made. What is more important for you is something that you can only answer for yourself.
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6. SSLy+ge[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 15:20:37
>>pmkary+9d
> The point of it is that typing ( requires shift, while [ does not.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-co...

Now, I really could've used something like this on macOS…

Karabiner to the rescue https://genesy.github.io/karabiner-complex-rules-generator/#...

replies(1): >>esafak+4l
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7. esafak+4l[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 16:10:54
>>SSLy+ge
As everybody knows ...
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8. SSLy+uo[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 16:37:01
>>esafak+4l
I use(d) arch btw
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9. zwaps+KI[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-06 19:19:05
>>pmkary+9d
Ironically, on ISO keyboards, [] need an ALT so even more pain
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