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Re: Tiny lexicon languages

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Saturday, June 19, 1999, 5:06
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > John Cowan wrote:
> > But if for * we read +, > > then the usual convention is "five plus seven all over three" > > vs. "five plus seven over three" > > Yeah, but when you get into more complex equations it can be nearly > impossible to describe it in words, such as X+(Y*Z)/(A+B), and that's > not even that complex.
Why not "open" and "close" for "(" and ")" ?? I haven't been in a math class for some years.