“If it is to be effective as a tool of thought, a notation must allow convenient expression not only of notions arising directly from a problem, but also of those arising in subsequent analysis, generalization, and specialization.”

— Kenneth E. Iverson

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Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979)

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