I sometimes think it reflects a difference between people who prefer maths vs languages. I'm not suggesting one is better than the other, but I do believe the former is a smaller group than the latter.
This dichotomy exists in mathematics as well. Some mathematicians prefer to flood the page with symbols. Others prefer to use English words as much as possible and sprinkle equations here and there (on their own line) between paragraphs of text.
The worst are those that love symbols and paragraphs, writing these dense walls of symbols and text intermixed. I’ve had a few professors who write like that and it’s such a chore to parse through.
This dichotomy exists in mathematics as well. Some mathematicians prefer to flood the page with symbols. Others prefer to use English words as much as possible and sprinkle equations here and there (on their own line) between paragraphs of text.
The worst are those that love symbols and paragraphs, writing these dense walls of symbols and text intermixed. I’ve had a few professors who write like that and it’s such a chore to parse through.