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		raincole on Oct 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using spaced repetition systems to see through a p... Syntactic sugar is powerful. There was a time the China accepted calculus, but rejected Leibniz notations. It looks this like: https://i.imgur.com/foUem6w.png Edit: Technically this is still Leibniz notation.

heresie-dabord on Oct 18, 2023 [–]

The phrase "syntactic sugar" implies ease, but it's much more than mere "syntactic sugar" when the notation unlocks further information gain and cognitive advantage.

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