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Random internet people explaining math better then math teacher (i.imgur.com)
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[–] kogasa@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

It would really, really suck if we had to do math with for loops instead of sigma notation. It's egregiously common. It's also just not that hard to learn. For example, you can look at this meme and pretty much know how to read it.