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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
The underlying truth of this joke is: Programming syntax is less confusing than mathematical syntax. There are genuinely ambiguous layouts of syntax in math (to a human reader that hasn't internalized PEMDAS, anyways) whereas you get a compilation error if ANYTHING is ambiguous in programming. (yes, I am WELL aware of the frustrations of runtime errors)
(I used(LISP)one time(and it(permanently))changed the way I (program(computers)))
My calculator uses a stack instead of brackets. #RPN4Life
Ok man. Wtf did I just watch...
I get it. We are here on the somehow dark side of the internet..
But THIS.... without any context. i mean. Im questioning live here man. What do you want to express with that?
Improved readability is always good
As a software developer, the less ambiguous your notation is, the better it is for everyone involved. Not only will I use brackets, I'll split my expression into multiple rows and use tabs to make it as readable as humanly possible. And maybe throw a comment or 2 if there's still some black magic involved
I genuinely hate being human for this stuff. So many things have such crazy computational shortcuts, it's sometimes difficult to remember which part represents reality. Outside of the realm of math, where "imaginary" numbers are still a touch of enigma to me, so many algorithms are based on general assumptions about reality or the specific task, that the programmatic approach NEVER encapsulates the full scope of the problem.
As in, sometimes if you know EXACTLY how a tool works, you might still have no idea about the significance of that tool. Even in a universe where no one is lazy, and everyone wants to know "why?", the answers are NOT forthcoming.
You're a good human being.
No just write the entire code in one line totally perfect.
Calm down, Satan
"don't worry, you just need this simple one-liner to fix your project"
Also works if you dont trust yourself with correctly ordering your operations.